Mammoth fall 6-2 to Oilers at home as McDavid has five points
Edmonton built a 5-0 lead at the Delta Center and scored three of its goals on breakaways.
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The Utah Mammoth lost 6-2 to the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday at the Delta Center after falling behind 5-0. The game finished a home-and-home series that Utah opened with a win in Edmonton on Thursday. [1]
Connor McDavid scored 40 seconds into the game and finished with five points. According to NHL PR, it was his 16th career five-point game, tying Steve Yzerman, Marcel Dionne and Jari Kurri for fourth-most in league history. The Oilers scored on three breakaways. [1]
"I didn't like the way we were in our one-on-one battles, the way we were on the dirty pucks," Mammoth coach André Tourigny said. "Our physicality was not at the (right) level." [1]
"We weren't doing a good job of being above them," associate captain Lawson Crouse said. "(It) starts with the leaders. We need to be better. We know that." [1]
Utah lost 6-1 to the Boston Bruins nine days earlier and beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 in its next game. The Mammoth play the Pittsburgh Penguins next, on the team's first multi-game home stand of the season. [1]
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