OILERS SWEPT BY STEELHEADS IN SECOND OVERTIME LOSS OF WEEKEND
Brendan Hoffman scores third game-winning goal of weekend to lift Steelheads over Oilers in overtime, 3-2
TULSA, Okla. — The Tulsa Oilers, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks and the AHL’s San Diego Gulls, and powered by Community Care, lost 3-2 in overtime to the Idaho Steelheads on Sunday evening.
Mason Nevers kicked off the scoring with a short-handed goal 8:07 into the contest, slipping the puck through Vyacheslav Buteyets’ five hole to set the Steelheads up 1-0. Tyler Poulsen knotted up the game 1-1 on the same power play, sniping Ben Kraws from in tight just 49 seconds later.
Mitch Wahl placed the Steelheads up 2-1 with the lone goal of the second period, slapping a power-play rebound from between the left circle and goal line just 2:08 into the middle frame. Poulsen nearly leveled the game with a penalty shot with less than four minutes left in the period, but Kraws outwaited the veteran winger — keeping the Steelheads in the driver’s seat.
Poulsen wouldn’t be denied on his next opportunity, screaming down the ice and hammering a Lukas Jirousek-created rebound into the back of the net 11:37 into the third period to force overtime. The assist was Jirousek's first point as an Oiler, and the goal was Poulsen's third of the weekend.
Brendan Hoffman ended the game 1:01 into overtime, hopping over the boards, receiving a pass from Francesco Arcuri and uncorking his league-leading 27th goal of the season — a bardown wrister —in a four-second blur.
Tulsa hosts Kansas City on Thursday, Feb. 4 at 7:05 p.m. at the BOK Center.
Oilers Season and Group Tickets are on sale now! Call the Oilers front office at 918-632-PUCK (7825) or visit www.tulsaoilers.com for more information.
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