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Kailer Yamamoto scores 2 more but Edmonton Oilers lose in Winnipeg

Edmonton Oilers' Kailer Yamamoto (56) tips a shot past Winnipeg Jets' goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) as he's checked by Joe Morrow (70) during first period preseason NHL hockey action in Winnipeg, Sunday, September 23, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Trevor Hagan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Trevor Hagan

Mark Scheifele scored twice as the Winnipeg Jets downed the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 Sunday night, handing the Oilers their first loss of the pre-season.

LISTEN BELOW: Highlights from Sunday’s game

Scheifele sniped a power play goal to give the Jets the lead before the game was four minutes old. The Oilers came back with Kailer Yamamoto deflecting in a Matt Benning point shot. With just under seven minutes left in the first, Ethan Bear ripped a one-timer past Connor Hellebuyck for a power play goal.

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“He’s had a real good main camp,” said Oilers Head Coach Todd Mclellan on Kailer Yamamoto, “when you listen to the new coaching staff come in and their comments, he continues to grow on them, there’s no liability in his game.”

The Jets jumped back into the lead with two goals 2:19 apart in the second. Skyler McKenzie deflected a point shot past Mikko Koskinen, then Scheifele scored shorthanded.

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LISTEN BELOW: Kailer Yamamoto post game interview

Blake Wheeler roofed a shot right under the cross bar on a two-man advantage to make it 4-2 Jets with 12:36 to go. McKenzie converted a pass from C.J. Suess to make it 5-2. Yamamoto got one back for the Oilers in the final minute, his fourth goal in two pre-season games.

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“You gotta go to those dirty areas to get those goals,” explained Kailer Yamomoto who had a pair of goals, “Ever since I was a younger kid trying to get to those areas, good things happen when you go to those areas.”

Hellebuyck made 38 saves while Koskinen stopped 16.

The Oilers will host Vancouver Tuesday.

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