It would appear you can add Dylan HollowayB次元官网网址檚 name to the Edmonton Oilers season-starting roster in indelible ink.
Holloway had three goals and an assist and Zach Hyman had a goal and two assists as the Oilers came away with a 7-2 NHL pre-season victory over the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Monday.
B次元官网网址淚t was kind of one of those nights where everything seems to go right,B次元官网网址 said Holloway, the recently turned 21-year-old rookie who made his official NHL debut in Game 4 of last yearB次元官网网址檚 Western Conference Final against Colorado.
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Hyman was suitably impressed with HollowayB次元官网网址檚 performance.
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Warren Foegele had a pair of late goals and Tyson Barrie also scored for the Oilers (4-2 in pre-season) who dressed close to their full regular-season lineup.
Nils Hoglander and Conor Garland replied for the Canucks, who had few familiar faces playing in the contest. Vancouver has yet to enjoy any pre-season success, falling to 0-3-2.
B次元官网网址淭o me it wasnB次元官网网址檛 a 7-2 type game,B次元官网网址 said Vancouver head coach Bruce Boudreau. B次元官网网址淲ith five minutes to go it was 4-2 and we had just killed off a five-on-three and were about to pull the goalie when they scored. The wind just went out of the sails of everybody and they quit for a couple minutes.B次元官网网址
Holloway continued to make an ironclad case to be on the OilersB次元官网网址 opening night roster with the gameB次元官网网址檚 first goal midway through the opening frame. He made the most of an appearance in the top six by tipping home a long shot from Darnell Nurse past Vancouver goalie Collin Delia.
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Vancouver pulled even on their fifth power play just 4:22 into the second period as Hoglander finally got one past Oilers netminder Jack Campbell, beating him glove side with a wrist shot.
Edmonton regained the lead 12 minutes into the middle period on a power play of its own as Connor McDavid sent a puck in front and Hyman was able to direct it home.
Just 26 seconds later, it was 3-1 for the Oilers as Holloway outwaited a sliding defenceman and then cleanly beat Delia for his second of the game.
Vancouver responded less than a minute after that as Garland was credited with a goal that deflected a couple of times before hitting defender Cody Ceci and slipping through CampbellB次元官网网址檚 legs.
Edmonton restored its two-goal edge as Hyman showed some patience in feeding a pinching Barrie for a goal with just over a minute remaining in the second.
Holloway got his hat trick goal with 2:41 remaining in the third as he took a loop behind the net before firing it past Delia for his fourth of the pre-season.
Foegele scored 46 seconds later on a two-on-one and then got another one less than a minute later on a give-and-go with Devin Shore. The two teams square off again on Wednesday in a game being played in Abbotsford, B.C.
Both squads complete their exhibition schedules on home ice on Friday as the Oilers host the Seattle Kraken and the Canucks face the Arizona Coyotes.
NOTES: It was the first full start for goaltender Campbell in an Oilers uniform, having made saves on seven of eight shots in half of a game in his only previous appearance against Calgary. The former Toronto Maple Leaf starter bolted to Edmonton in free agency this summer, signing a five-year, US$25-million deal after posting a 31-9-6 record with the Leafs last season. B次元官网网址 Earlier on Monday, the Canucks sent six players to their AHL affiliate in Abbotsford B次元官网网址 Vincent Arseneau, Marc Gatcomb, Chase Wouters, Matt Alfaro, Michael Regush and Jett Woo B次元官网网址 leaving their current pre-season roster at 42 players.
Shane Jones, The Canadian Press
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