The Edmonton Oilers were beaten badly again, losing 5-1 in Dallas Saturday afternoon.
The Oilers have just one win in their last six games and have been outscored 24-9 in that span.
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The Stars opened the scoring just past the halfway point of the first period. After an ill-advised pinch by Oscar Klefbom, Tyler Seguin led a two-on-one and passed across to Alexander Radulov, who beat Cam Talbot.
Radulov set up Jamie Benn almost three minutes later to make it 2-0. The Stars top line connected again before the end of the frame with Seguin scoring this time.
Mattias Janmark’s centring pass banked in on Andrew Sekera 4:27 into the second period to make it 4-0. At the next stoppage, Talbot was replaced by newcomer Al Montoya, who was acquired in a trade with Montreal on Thursday. Talbot allowed four goals on 19 shots.
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Leon Draisaitl finally put the Oilers on the board early in the third when he connected for his first power play goal of the season. John Klingberg added one more for Dallas later in the final frame.
It was Montoya’s first game since suffering a concussion. He said he was glad to get some ice time.
“It’s tough, you can see we have a fun team. They skate hard (we just) need to play the right way and get some success,” Montoya said.
“For myself, it was fun to be playing hockey again. It was a long road back, and I’m just happy to be back.”
Head coach Todd McLellan also praised his new goaltender, calling him the bright spot in the game.
“It’s (a difficult situation), but maybe the best,” McLellan said. “For him, as an individual, not a lot of time to think about things. I thought for a goaltender that hasn’t played in a little while, and he’s just come to a brand new environment, I thought he played well. He made some sharp saves, controlled the game back there (and) knew when to freeze it and when not to. So that was a positive.”
The Oilers, 18-21-3, play game two of their five-game road trip Sunday in Chicago. Catch the game on 630 CHED with the Face-off Show at 11:30 a.m. The game starts at 1 p.m.
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