nhl Game Recap
Edmonton Skates Past Tampa Bay 2-1 - Recap
The Lightning came up short Tuesday against the Oilers, falling 2-1.
Edmonton was favored by -138 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Edmonton got goals from Leon Draisaitl, and Connor McDavid in the victory. McDavid opened the scoring at 17:31 of the first period.
Stuart Skinner turned in a 21-save effort for the Oilers.
Jake Guentzel scored for the Lightning, finding the net behind Stuart Skinner.
Tampa Bay got a 23-stop effort from Andrei Vasilevskiy in the loss.
Edmonton scored 0 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Tampa Bay went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to Edmonton by a margin of 25-22.
Next game, Edmonton takes its act on the road to face Minnesota looking for another win. For Tampa Bay, they head on the road to face Calgary.