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OIL DROPS: Tulsa Oilers Weekly Report — Jan. 16

Tuesday, January 16th
OIL DROPS: Tulsa Oilers Weekly Report — Jan. 16

TULSA SPLITS TWO-GAME WEEK WITH IOWA, OPENS SECOND TWO-OUTING WEEK WITH WIN ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY  

The Oilers went 1-1-0-0 in two games hosting the Iowa Heartlanders last week before starting off this week with 5-3 road win over Allen, placing Tulsa above .500 at season's mid-way mark 

OVERALL RECORD: 17-16-3-0 (37 points, Third in Mountain Division)
 

LAST WEEK:  1-1-0-0 (1-0-0-0 to start week)


 

FAST FACTS

 

·  Eddie Matsushima has seven points (5G, 2A) in his last six games 

. Jared Power scored in his first game as on Oiler on Jan. 15 

. Eddie Matsushima scored his fifth career overtime goal on Jan. 13 vs IA 
. Dante Sheriff recorded his first career game-winning goal on Jan. 15 

. Jarod Hilderman recorded his first goal of the season on Jan. 15, also adding one assist 

. Kyle Crnkovic has three assists in his last two games 

. Julian Junca is on a three-game winning streak, recording 87 saves on 94 shots (.925 save percentage) 

. Duggie Lagrone has four points (1G, 3A) in his last five games 

. Alec Butcher has six points (2G, 4A) in his last seven games 

. Yaroslav Yevdokimov has points in back-to-back games (1G, 1A) 

. Bair Gendunov scored on his first shot as an Oiler (Jan. 12) 

 


 

TEAM TRENDS

 

. The Oilers have scored the first goal in three-straight games 

. Jan. 13's overtime win snapped a streak of five consecutive losses in 1-goal games

. The Oilers are 12-1-3-0 when scoring four or more goals 

. The Oilers are 9-2-2-0 when leading after one period 

. Tulsa is 16-7-3-0 when scoring three or more goals 

Tulsa has not lost in regulation when leading after two periods (12-0-2-0)

. The Oilers average 35.89 shots per game, ranking second in the league
 

. The Oilers are 7-0-1-0 when leading after one period at home 

. Tulsa is 1-0-1-0 when being outshot on the road 

. The Oilers are 8-2-2-0 when outshooting their opponent at home 


 

LAST WEEK’S GAMES

 

            Friday, Jan. 12 —BOK Center —Iowa Hertlanders 

·     Oilers lost 3-2  

·     Heartlanders outshot Tulsa 37-26

·     Bair Gendunov scored his first goal for the team on his first shot

·     Alec Butcher reached a five-game point streak with a goal 

·      Oilers went 0/1 on the power play and Iowa went 0/2 

 

Friday, Jan. 13 — BOK Center —Iowa Heartlanders 

·       Oilers won 2-1 in overtime 

·       Heartlanders outshot Tulsa 34-31

.     Yaroslav Yevdokimov scored the Oilers lone regulation goal 

·       Duggie Lagrone's assist on Yevdokimov's goal put him at a four-game point streak 

·       Eddie Matsushima scored his first OTG of the season, the fifth of his career 

·       Julian Junca stopped 33 of 34 Iowa chances 

.     Oilers went 0/2 on the power play and 4/4 on the penalty kill

 
 

 

THIS WEEK’S GAMES (All Times CT) 

 

Monday, Jan. 15— CUTX Event Center — Allen Americans - 1:10 p.m CT 

·       Oilers won 5-3 

.     The win was the first on the season at CUTX Event Center 
 

·     The Oilers outshot Allen 38-36

.     Julian Junca won his third-straight start 
 

·       Dante Sheriff scored his first career game-winning goal 

·       Jared Power scored in his first game as an Oiler 

·       Eddie Matsushima's empty-net goal gives him five goals in six games since returning from injury 
.    All eight of the game's goals came in the final 23:44 seconds of action
.     Jarod Hilderman scored his first goal of the season and his second two-point game on the campaign (1G, 1A) 

 

·       Tulsa went 2/4 on the power play and 1/2 on the penalty kill 

 

Friday, Jan.19 at Wichita— INTRUST Bank Arena —  7:05 p.m. 

 



 

STATISTICAL LEADERS (Active)  
 

 

POINTS:               28 - Kyle Crnkovic 

GOALS:                 14–  Tyler Poulsen

ASSISTS:               20 - Kyle Crnkovic 

PLUS/MINUS:    +14 - Mike McKee, Duggie Lagrone  

PIMS:                   38 – Mike McKee, Kylor Wall  

PP GOALS:           2 - Dante Sheriff, Alec Butcher, Yaroslav Yevdokimov 

SH GOALS:           1 - Michael Farren, Eddie Matsushima

GW GOALS:         3 - Eddie Matsushima

SHOTS:                 98 – Tyler Poulsen 

WINS:                   9 -  Julian Junca  

GAA:                     2.63 – Julian Junca 

SAVE %:               .903–  Julian Junca 

 

SPECIAL TEAMS

 

POWER PLAY:    Overall —  19/113 (16.8%) (23rd) 

                                Last Week –2/7 (28.57%)

 

PENALTY KILL:   Overall – 91/116 (78.4%) (15th)

                              Last Week – 7/8 (84.6%)

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