Stuart Skinner offered a goal on a silver platter to the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday.
At the start of the third period, the Edmonton Oilers goaltender was making a routine play behind his net, but he hesitated to get rid of the puck. That’s when he was surprised by Brett Howden.
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Having put enough pressure on Skinner, the Knights forward easily rounded the empty cage to score after recovering the puck. Note that this was a numerical disadvantage for Vegas. Watch in main video.
Fortunately for the Oilers and particularly for Skinner, they still led this game by two goals after this blunder. Having taken a 5-0 lead, they nevertheless saw the Golden Knights score three times without reply.
Edmonton finally held on and won 6 to 3. Leon Draisaitl had a strong three-point game, including his 22e goal of the season by the way.
Connor Brown, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Darnell Nurse all had two points in the victory.
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