Achi news desk-
Zach Hyman scored his 500th of the season but his Edmonton Oilers were beaten 5-3 by the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.
The Oilers took the lead less than four minutes into the game when Mattias Ekholm set up Adam Henrique for his 20th of the season. Ottawa answered on the power play less than two minutes late with Drake Batherson using a perfect saucer pass to set up Jacob Chycrun.
The Oilers scored two power play goals in the first four minutes of the second period. Leon Draisaitl took a feed from Evan Bouchard and ripped home a sharp angle one-timer. Hyman then scored his historic goal as he camped out at the side of the net and tapped in a pass from Connor McDavid. Tim Stutzle slotted a shot past blocker Calvin Pickard to cut the Oilers’ lead to 3-2 just over a minute later. Batherson tied it on a power play late in the second.
The Senators went on the power play with 3:12 to go when Mattias Ekholm was called for holding Mathieu Joseph. It only took nine seconds for them to score on the man advantage with Chycrun slamming in his second of the night. Parker Kelly added an empty netter.
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The Oilers managed to attack the Sens 36-16. Joonas Korpisalo earned the win with 33 saves.
The Sens were 3/4 on the power play while the Oilers were 2/3.
Evan Bouchard had three assists.
The Oilers, 42-23-4, will visit the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday (630 CHED, Face-off Show at 4:30 pm, game at 6 pm).
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