Oilers Extend Their Win Streak To 11 Games Straight After Defeating The Maple Leafs, 1/16/24

January 17, 2024

Oilers Extend Their Win Streak To 11 Games Straight After Defeating The Maple Leafs, 1/16/24

The #Oilers extended their streak to 11 games with a victory over the Maple Leafs at @RogersPlace. We have your winning numbers 🥳@CenturyCasEDM | #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/S7pgxPcKW3
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) January 17, 2024

*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*

The Maple Leafs visited the Oilers in Edmonton on Tuesday, January 16th. The Maple Leafs had a great 2-0 lead until the Oilers finally came back at them, and the Oilers won with a 4-2 score.

Maple Leafs lineup against the Oilers:

Holmberg - Matthews - Marner

Knies - Tavares - Nylander

Bertuzzi - Domi - Jarnkrok

McMann - Kampf - Gregor

Rielly - Brodie

Benoit - McCabe

Giordano - Liljegren

Jones

Samsonov

Oilers lineup against the Maple Leafs:

Nugent-Hopkins - McDavid - Hyman

Kane - Draisaitl - Foegele

Janmark - McLeod - Ryan

Erne - Hamblin - Brown

Nurse - Ceci

Ekholm - Bouchard

Kulak - Desharnias

Skinner

Pickard

Auston Matthews strikes first - this goal marked his 333rd of his career, now in fourth place on the Maple Leafs all-time goals list. The Maple Leafs lead by one, 1-0.

Morgan Rielly makes it a two-goal lead for Toronto! Zach Hyman scores the first goal for the Oilers - it was challenged and determined offsides. Leon Draisaitl nets one and the final score of the second period was 2-1.

Derek Ryan ties up the game, 2-2, early in the third period. Ryan McLeod gives the Oilers the lead with three minutes left to play. Evan Bouchard wins it for the Oilers - 11-straight wins for Edmonton!

"It was a great atmosphere. They have a lot of fans here too - I think it almost felt like a playoff game, it was really fun." Ryan McLeod spoke after the Oilers 4-2 win about the game and his goal.

- Mattias Ekholm hit 300 points

- Derek Ryan hit 200 points

- Auston Matthews stats:

- 34 Goals

- 16 Assists

- 50 Points

- Ryan McLeod stats:

- 8 Goals

- 10 Assists

- 18 Points

"All these games we've been playing, we've played some really good hockey - We've had a lot of chances to extend leads in games and haven't done a good job of that. I thought we played pretty good defensively the other night, but just a little slip up here and there." Mitch Marner talked about the Maple Leafs loss against the Oilers and his thoughts on their recent games.