The Edmonton Oilers Young Guns were defeated by the New York Rangers 5-0.

In the meantime, before the game the Oilers organization honored aboriginal survivors from the residential schools who overcame their struggles with the help of playing hockey. Frank Sasakamoose was on hand to ceremonial drop the puck. Sasakamoose was the first aboriginal to play in the NHL. He was called up late in the 1953-54 season by the Chicago Black Hawks to play against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Hockey Night in Canada. He was playing Junior for the Moose Jaw Canucks and was MVP for Western Canada when called up. He played 11 games. The next season his wife challenged him to choose her or hockey. At the time he decided to choose her and they ended up having 10 children and 40 grand children. When asked if he had a chance to do it again would he have chosen Hockey? He answered that he had made the right choice.

The Edmonton Oilers Young Guns shot down the Anaheim Ducks to win 4-3 in overtime. The Ducks opened the scoring 35 seconds into the game to go up 1-0. The Oil countered at 4:43 when Taylor Hall gathered a pass on the left boards in the Oilers zone. He spotted David Perron breaking out of the zone and passed it to him just over the blue line. Perron took the puck down center ice on a two on one and gained the zone. He passed the puck over to Sam Gagner breaking on the right. Gagner drove for the net, stick handled the puck and backhanded a shot through the goalie to tie the game 1-1. It was Gagner’s 100th NHL goal of his career.

In the second period Ben Scrivens kept the Oilers in the game as he made several brilliant and a couple of lucky saves fending off a Ducks attack. At 10:22 Martin Marincin cleared the zone and made a long pass off the left hand boards. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins picked up the puck and continued down the left hand side. Taylor Hall was driving down the middle but was upended by a Ducks player to draw a penalty. The play continued as RNH gained the zone, he threaded a pass from the left circle to an open Jordan Ebely on the right hand side. Eberly received the puck and snapped a shot passed the blocker side of Hiller to make it 2-1 and take the lead for the first time in the game. Five minutes later the Ducks were not to be denied as they scored to make it 2-2.

In the third period at 8:26 Justin Schultz controlled the puck behind his net. He passed the puck up to Perron near the center line. Perron brought the puck into the Anaheim zone on the left hand side. He held on to the puck as the Oilers forwards moved to the net. Defenceman Oscar Klefbom trailed behind and Perron passed him the puck. Klefbom moved into the slot with Gagner setting a screen in front of the goalie. Klefbom then snapped a shot on the right hand side to score his first NHL goal and give the Oilers Young Guns a 3-2 lead. Late in the third the Ducks mounted several attacks and finally scored to tie the game 3-3 and take the game into overtime.

In overtime the Ducks drew two penalties and had several opportunities to win the game but Scrivens continued to turn them aside. The Oilers then drew a penalty to go three on three for a short time. At 3:51 the Ducks attempted to move the puck up and a long pass was made through the center ice circle. Captain Andrew Ference then came roaring off the bench and intercepted the puck. He drove into the Duck’s zone with Perron and Gagner on the wings. Ference pulled up and blasted a slap shot that rang off the right hand post and in to give the Oil a 4-3 overtime victory. Then Oilers players cleared the bench and swarmed Ference in celebration. Goalie Ben Scrivens earned the first star making 48 saves on 51 shots.

The Edmonton Oilers Young Guns lost 5-2 to the San Jose Sharks as they attempted to rebound from a disastrous loss over the weekend. In the first period they played well enough with the Sharks to go up by a goal. At 4:11 Taylor Hall brought the puck up the left side into the Sharks zone and cut to the middle. He dropped a pass off to David Perron criss-crossing behind him who picked it up and drove to left of the net. Perron then drove wide and came back in and snapped a shot over the Sharks Goalie to make it 1-0.

In the second period the Oil played even until they took two penalties and were unable to fend off the Sharks as they scored two power play goals. The Sharks added another late in the period to go up 3-1. San Jose then added two more goals in the third to make it 5-1.

In the third period at 14:56 Ryan Nuggent-Hopkins, Hall and Eberly cycled the puck in the left hand corner of the Sharks zone. Eberly then passed the puck back to the blue line to Ference who snapped a shot to the goal. A rebound bounced off the goalie and Taylor Hall was there in front of the net. He stretched out to gather the rebound and backhanded it passed Niemi to make it 5-2. In the meantime, Nail Yakupov remained out of the line up due to a fractured ankle when he took a shot off the skate against the Wild back in February.

The Edmonton Oilers Young Guns were torched by the Calgary Flames 8-1. The first period was played even with the game in the balance. At 4:34 the Oil were on a power play. Petry at the blue line passed over to Eberly on the left hand side. Eberly passed it back to Petry who dished it off to Nugent-Hopkins on the right hand side. RNH fed it toward the front but it bounced off a Flames player. Petry moved in on the loose puck and fired a shot. Jones without a stick was in front of the net and provided a screen. The puck went in through the five hole of the Flames goalie to make it a 1-0 game. Later in the first the Flames scored to make it 1-1.

In the second period the wheels fell off for the Oilers as Calgary scored 4 goals in a span 3:05 chasing Fasth from the net and making it 5-1. But it didnt stop there as the Flames scored 3 more in the third to complete the drubbing. Only an accidental water spray on coach Eakins by Taylor Hall cooled the heat. And once again an Oiler’s Jersey was tossed on the ice. This time more than one. But goalie Ben Scrivens picked one up with the blade of his stick and tossed it back into the stands, not accepting the offering, knowing that in good times or bad his team is a unit.

The Edmonton Oilers Young guns were Knocked off 3-1 by the Buffalo Sabers. The Oil started off fast and strong scoring the first goal near the end of the first period. At 17:48 on a power play Goalie Ben Scrivens passed the puck all the way up to the Saber’s blue line to a waiting David Perron. Perron brought the puck in on the right hand side and went behind the net. He spotted Justin Shultz in the high slot and passed it over to him. Shultz then passed it over to Taylor Hall on the right hand circle where Hall blasted a shot and it flew passed the outstretched glove of the Buffalo Goalie to make it 1-0.

Half way through the second period Buffalo scored on a power play to make it 1-1. In the third period the Sabres got an early goal to make it 2-1. This seemed to put the Oilers on their heels and shortly scored another goal to make it 3-1. The Oil were unable to mount a comeback and were short a few gunslingers with Nail Yakupov and Jordan Eberly out with injuries.

The Edmonton Oilers Young Guns Nuked Nashville 5-1 as they swept another season series 3-0. The Oilers outscored Nashville 13-2 in those three games. Most of the first period went scoreless as both teams were unable to capitalize on their two power plays. But late in the first period at 19:25 David Perron controlled the puck on the right half boards and moved the puck to Martin Marincin at the blue line. Marincin fired the puck and it rebounded off the goalie. Sam Gagner was there in front of the net and backhanded the puck in to make it 1-0.

In the second period at 8:18 the Oilers were on a power play. Philip Larsen kept the puck in play at the blue line and passed it over to Jordan Eberly on the left hand side. Eberly ragged the puck back and forth at the left circle and passed through a maze of players to Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on the right hand side. RNH stopped the puck and then snapped a shot passed the glove hand of the Pred’s goalie, as the Nuge finally broke a 15 game scoring drought to make it 2-0.

At 14:48 Taylor Hall gained the zone and moved the puck on the right side, he dropped a pass off to Sam Gagner, Gagner then snapped a shot to ricochet around several players. The puck lay in front off the goal as Taylor Hall came around the net and chipped it into the far right hand corner of the net and he raised his arms to celebrate. But the referee called it off and play continued for another minute and 17 seconds before the play was called. After review the goal stood to make it 3-0 but not until Fraser was assessed a penalty for holding during that time. Late in the second period Nashville countered to make it 3-1 and denied Oiler’s Goalie Viktor Fasth of a shot out bid.

In the third period at 8:38 the Oilers were on their fourth power play of the game. Just as it ended the Oilers were passing the puck around the zone. Eberly passed from the left hand side to RNH. The Nuge kept it in play as it bounced to the middle. Lander picked up the loose puck and passed it to Eberly on the left. Jordan Eberly then moved away from the net trying to control the puck, when he did he fired a back hand shot that hit the shoulder of Pred’s Goalie Rinne and it bounced into the net to make it 4-1. A short time later at 10:01 Nugent-Hopkins cleared the puck into the Predators zone. Eberly outraced everyone and gathered the puck on the left hand side. Without breaking stride he went straight to the net and shot a backhand in close. The Puck went through the goalie as he knelt down to make it 5-1 and complete the rout.

The Edmonton Oilers Young Guns swept the season series 2-0 against the Carolina Hurricanes winning 2-1 in Raleigh. The Oil finished on a high note bringing home 5 out of 8 points on their four game road trip. The Oilers opened up the scoring at 6:43 when Boyd Gordon flipped the puck high into the air from his blue line to the Canes blue line. Matt Hendricks was driving into the zone and gathered the puck as it came down. With a Canes player all over him he muscled the puck to the side of the goal. He went by the net and made a pass back to the front to Lander who was breaking for the goal. The puck was deflected off a couple of Carolina players and into the net to give Hendricks the goal and a 1-0 lead. In the last minute of play in the first period the Stall brothers scored and assisted to even the score.

About half way through the second period the Canes were clearing the puck from behind their net when Hendricks delivered a crushing blow to the Canes Bellemore sending him to the ice. Another Cane Hainsey took exception and went after Hendricks. Hendricks then fought both Bellemore and Hainsey. Nail Yakupov saw his outnumbered team mate and dashed in to bring down Bellemore with a head lock and even up the scrum. After roughing penalties were dished out there was no scoring in the second period.

In the third period at 9:01 the Oilers Young Guns were on a power play. In the left hand corner Smyth stopped the puck from going around the boards. Taylor Hall stepped in and moved the puck to the blue line. Perron received the puck at the blue line and quickly passed it cross ice to Justin Schultz on the right side. Shultz kept the puck for a few seconds as he moved in looking for a play. Smyth and Hall moved to the front of the net providing screens. Schultz spotted an opening and fired a wrist shot to the net. The puck sailed cleanly through and hit the net on the far left hand side. This made the score 2-1 and it was the first power play goal by the Oilers defensive core of the season. Scrivens then shut the door for the rest of the period as the Oilers went on to win.

The Edmonton Oilers Young Guns were edged 2-1 by the Detroit Red Wings in overtime. The Oil played a decent defensive style game after taking a shelling in the third period the previous night. The Red Wings scored the first goal half way into the first period and led for the next 35 minutes. In the second period there was no scoring.

In the third period at 8:43 Hendricks, Gordan and Smyth battled away on the right hand boards in the Detroit zone. The puck was pushed loose and Detroit’s Smith picked up the puck and skated to the corner. He tried to clear it through the center but it was intercepted by Ryan Smyth. Smyth continued to the goal and snapped a shot top shelf over Howard’s glove to tie the game 1-1.

Late in the third period the Oilers had to kill off a power play after a delay of game penalty to go to overtime. Once again in overtime the Oil had to kill off another delay of game penalty and were successful to bring it to a shootout.

The Oil’s goalie Victor Fasth was able to stop the first two attempts but Detroit scored on the third try. Taylor Hall was the final shooter and had Howard beat but snapped the shot high over the crossbar.

The Edmonton Oilers Young Guns lost a bitter battle to the St. Louis Blues 6-2. The Oil played tough through two periods to keep the score tied at 2 before succumbing in the third period. At 7:39 of the first period Ference moved the puck up from the right corner of the Oilers zone. Perron then got to the half boards and shot the puck all the way down to the Blues zone. Taylor Hall out raced everybody and retrieved the puck in the right hand corner. He skated back to the blue line and centered a pass to Perron in the slot. Perron then fired a wrister to beat goalie Ryan Miller to make it 1-0. But near the end of the first period the Blues countered to tie it 1-1.

In the second period the Blues scored first to go up 2-1. Near the end of the period at 18:03 after a collision with a Blues player who remained on the ice, Joensuu had the puck at the side of the net and centered it to Gordon. The puck bounced off him and was loose in front of the net. Fraser spotted it and shot a wrist shot to the net. The puck bounced off a defender and through Miller to make it a 2-2 game.

In the third period St. Louis exploded with four goals to make it 6-2. The Oilers did play rough and tough with them however as numerous penalties were assessed to both teams. In the end the Blues swept the season series 3-0.

The Edmonton Oilers Young Guns won a wild game in Minnesota. The Oil erased a three goal deficit to win 4-3 in a shoot out. It was only their third win in twenty three games at Minnesota. About half way through the first period the Wild scored three goals in about a four minute span to take a 3-0 lead. At 16:55 Nail Yakupov shot the puck behind the net. RNH retrieved the puck back on the left hand boards and passed it up to Jordan Eberly. Eberly then skated to the blue line and made a cross rink pass to Jeff Petry on the right hand boards. Petry moved down to the corner and fired a pass into the crease as Nugent-Hopkins drove to the net. The puck bounced off a Wild defender and gave Petry the goal to make it 3-1.

The second period went scoreless with the Wild getting three power plays and the Oil getting two.

In the third period at 11:06 Taylor Hall controlled the puck on the right hand boards and he passed it to Sam Gagner. Gagner took the puck behind the net and made a centering pass through the crease from the left hand side. The puck went through and Andrew Ference pinched in to retrieve the puck on the right hand side. Ference then went to the corner and snapped a pass to the net. David Perron was near the crease and tipped it in through the five hole to cut the lead 3-2. At 15:07 Oscar Klefbom in his first NHL game passed the puck over to Andrew Ference. Ference then brought the puck up to center ice and fired a long shot at the goalie. The goalie gave up a long rebound in front of the net and Jordan Eberly was skating in on goal. Eberly got the rebound and snapped a shot over the goalies glove to tie the game 3-3.

In overtime the Oilers had a few good opportunities to score but neither team did so they went to a shootout. In the shootout the Wild’s Parise scored first to go up 1-0. Jordan Eberly then went in and stick handled the puck and flipped the shot over the goalies glove to tie it 1-1. The Wild’s Koivu scored to go up 2-1. The Oil countered with David Perron who faked right and went backhand over the goalies pad to tie it 2-2. The next two shooters missed to take it into the fourth round. Minnesota’s fourth shooter was turned aside by the Oilers goalie Victor Fasth in his first game as an Edmonton Oiler leaving the stage set for Taylor Hall to put it away. Hall brought the puck to the right side and moved to the slot area and snapped a shot through the five hole to seal the win.