OILERS COMEBACK FALLS SHORT IN TAHOE
Farren extends point streak to nine games but Oilers’ point streak ends at six games in loss to Knight Monsters
STATELINE, Nev. —The Tulsa Oilers, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks and the AHL’s San Diego Gulls and powered by Community Care, fell to the Tahoe Knight Monsters 5-3 at Tahoe Blue Event Center on Saturday night.
Jake Johnson scored the lone goal of the opening frame, a power-play strike with an extra attacker on due to a delayed penalty. Talyn Boyko stopped all 16 attempts in the frame.
Logan Nelson kicked off the second-period scoring for the second-straight game, scoring just nine seconds into the period to place the Knight Monsters up 2-0. Tahoe extended its lead to 3-0 at the 2:15 into the second half of action via Simon Pinard’s 15th goal of the season. Olivier Dame-Malka scored his second power-play goal of the season with 1:46 remaining in period 2. Ruslan Gazizov made it a one-goal game with only seven seconds left in the frame, striking for the second time in as many nights.
Jett Jones put the Knight Monsters up 4-2 with eight minutes remaining in the game, roofing an in-tight chance. Michael Farren fired the puck from the left circle past a sprawling Jordan Papirny to bring the Oilers back within one. The goal was Farren’s team-leading 12th of the season and is part of a nine-game point streak. Reid Petryk picked up his second assist of the night on the goal. Jones scored his second of the game — an empty netter — with 1:35 remaining to close the scoring 5-3 in Tahoe’s favor.
Tulsa aims for a bounce-back performance in the rubber match of the three-game series at Tahoe Blue Event Center tomorrow, Dec. 30 at 5 p.m. CT.
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