Oilers Shut-Out 2nd Overall Flames

The Edmonton Oilers are 7 pts out of a play-off spot and have recently seen an improvement in their overall play. Less Goals against and tighter games has been the trend as of late but overall in the last 10 games the Oilers have out played their rivals coming up short due to a hot goalie or bad bounce has left the team disheatened and lacking confidence. Well they could do no wrong last night as they suited up against the 2nd overall Calgary Flames, In the first 42 seconds Willie Mitchell took a cross-checking penalty putting the Oilers short handed early but on the Penalty Kill Bob Boughner stole the puck in the neutral zone sent it over to Bates Battaglia who slid the puck across to a wide open Todd White to make the score 1-0 early on. The Oilers had the flames playing their type of rough and tough hockey in the first and when Libor Ustrnul took a Roughing minor in a scrum at 14:26 into the first it led to a Pascal Dupuis breakaway powerplay goal beating Flames goalie Steve Shields upstairs making it 2-0 going into the 2nd. The Flames came out flying in the 2nd and started playing their game, They posted 12 shots but a hot Brian Boucher stopped all of them. The 3rd period was dominated by the flames as well but Boucher would not be beaten. With just over 5 minutes left recent acquistion Ethan Moreau notched his 2nd goal of the season. The Oilers won 3-0 in what they hope is a sign of things to come.