Teddy Purcell scores shootout winner, Oilers beat Flames 2-1

EDMONTON – Teddy Purcell scored the shootout winner as the Edmonton Oilers came away with a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday.

Mark Fayne also scored for the Oilers (18-23-5), who snapped a four-game losing streak and won for the first time at home against Calgary in their last eight attempts.

Sam Bennett replied for the Flames (20-20-3), who have won only once in their last four outings.

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Calgary got on the board first, 11 minutes into the first period when Bennett took a feed from Mikael Backlund and then made a move before beating Oilers goalie Cam Talbot with a backhand shot for his 11th goal of the season.

The Oilers, outshot 14-8 in the first, picked up the pace in the second period and took a 22-19 lead in shots after 40 minutes, but
the game remained 1-0 at the end of the period.

Edmonton got a goal from an unlikely source midway through the third to tie the contest as Taylor Hall won a faceoff back to Fayne, who sent his first of the season through traffic and past Jonas
Hiller.