OILERS SHUT OUT RUSH TO KICK OFF 2025 WITH BANG

Friday, January 3rd

OILERS SHUT OUT RUSH TO KICK OFF 2025 WITH BANG

Vyacheslav Buteyets records his third shutout of the season and Kishaun Gervais scores for third-straight game in 5-0 victory.

RAPID CITY, S.D. —The Tulsa Oilers, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks and the AHL’s San Diego Gulls and powered by Community Care, downed the Rapid City Rush 5-0 on Friday Night at The Monument in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Kishaun Gervais put the Oilers up 1-0, finishing a two-on-one feed from Justin Michaelian 5:45 into the game, giving the recently-returned forward his third consecutive game with a goal. Michaelian then converted a rebound created by Gervais at the 11:03 mark, teaming up a second time in the period for a 2-0 lead.

Reid Petryk scored the lone goal of the second period, spinning a sharp-angle chance through Connor Murphy’s pads 1:13 before the halfway-point of the contest to put Tulsa up 3-0. Vyacheslav Buteyets continued his shutout bid by stopping all 11 Rush chances during the frame.

Solag Bakich registered the first power-play goal of the week’s series, tipping a shot from Tyler Poulsen at the lip of the crease 5:22 into the closing period. Olivier Dame-Malka completed the scoring, securing a 5-0 Oilers’ win via a wraparound finish with 11:41 left. Buteyets halted another 11 chances in the third period, sealing his third shutout of the season as Tulsa out shot Rapid City 42-28.

The Oilers close out their two-week road trip tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 4 against the Rush at The Monument in Rapid City, South Dakota at 8:05 p.m.