Evander Kane on Edmonton Oilers win over Lightning – suffered horrific injury in Edmonton

The Edmonton Oilers posted a three-game losing streak Tuesday night with a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning as forward Evander Kane suffered a horrific wrist injury.

With 16:40 remaining, Kane was slammed into the ice. Patrick Maroon’s left skate went over Kane’s left wrist while he was down.

“After suffering a wrist injury early in the second period, Evander Kane is stable and has been taken to hospital for surgery later tonight,” the Oilers tweeted after the second period. did.

The Oilers’ highly infamous penalty kill resulted in the first goal of the game as Warren Vogel defeated Andrei Vasilevski with a long-list shot. This was Forgere’s first goal since his 16 April. The Lightning equalized at 3–2 with Brandon his Hegel converting a pass from Nikita Kucherov.

Two minutes later, Conor McDavid scored his league-leading 14th goal of the season on a powerplay. Shortly after Kane’s injury, Leon Dreisaitl flipped another power his play backhand for his marker.

Alex Killone clocked 3 minutes and 49 seconds. The Lightning continued to pressure him for most of the third minute, but was continually denied by Jack Campbell, who finished with 35 saves. The Maroons thought they had tied the game with his 8th minute remaining, but his bounce his shot was scored off his line by Ryan Murray.

The Oilers went 5/5 on penalty kills after going 1/5 against Washington on Monday.

This is the first time the Oilers have beaten the Lightning since December 9, 2009.

The Oilers (8-6) visit the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday (630 CHED, 3:30 p.m. faceoff show, 5 p.m. game).

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