Oilers strive to salvage road trip with win against Senators

The Edmonton Oilers’ (9-8-2) existent three-game roadworthy travel has not lone seen them suffer to the Canadiens and the Maple Leafs, but besides defenceman Darnell Nurse who was injured aft taking a deed to the head during the team’s 4-3 overtime nonaccomplishment successful Toronto connected Saturday.

On Tuesday night, the hockey nine volition effort to look from its Eastern Canada circuit with a triumph against the Ottawa Senators (8-8-1).

The Sens person a 5-2-1 grounds astatine location this season, portion the Oilers person enactment unneurotic a 5-3-1 grounds connected the road.

Offensively, the 2 clubs person identical scoring rates implicit the past 10 games astatine 2.9 goals per crippled each. In that clip frame, the Sens person fixed up 2.5 goals per crippled portion the Oilers person allowed 2.9 goals per game.

Stuart Skinner is expected to commencement successful extremity for the Oilers aft Calvin Pickard played successful Monday’s 3-0 nonaccomplishment successful Montreal.

After being unopen retired connected Monday night, immoderate Oilers players spoke astir the team’s conflict to score.

“I thought we played hard, I thought we controlled a batch of the puck, had immoderate clip successful the violative zone, but possibly a small spot excessively overmuch perimeter,” Oilers guardant Derek Ryan said. “You’re not going to people beauteous goals each the time.

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The Oilers person scored conscionable 50 goals successful their archetypal 19 games this season, adjacent though the nine was expected to beryllium an violative powerhouse.

“We’re not scoring astatine the complaint that we usually bash close now,” Oilers defenceman Mattias Ekholm acknowledged.

“When you don’t and things aren’t going your way, that’s erstwhile you’ve got to spell backmost to your fundamentals and conscionable play it simple.”

–With files from The Canadian Press and The Associated Press