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The Oilers five-game road trip continues with a game in Detroit on Wednesday. The game can be seen on Sportsnet West and heard on the Oilers Radio Network, including 630 CHED. Puck drop is 5:08 p.m. MST.
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"That game's indefensible on my behalf," said a fuming Oilers head coach Todd McLellan after the defeat. "In every facet of the game, we were second. It wasn't even close. Very, very concerned obviously at the way some individuals played tonight -- many of them."
It only took the Blues three minutes, 13 seconds to get on the scoreboard as the Oilers surrendered a goal on their first shot against for the second game in a row.
Vladimir Tarasenko wristed a shot from the slot that deflected in off Adam Larsson to put St. Louis in front 1-0.
St. Louis extended its lead to 2-0 after Dmitrij Jaskin spun and fired the puck off the side boards. The puck somehow found its way up and over Talbot. After the goal, Brossoit replaced Talbot in net. Talbot had allowed two goals on three shots before being pulled.
"Yes," said McLellan when asked if Talbot didn't help the team by allowing two goals on three shots early on. "But he didn't put us (five) deep and that's what we ended up with at the end of the night. He needs to be better to start with, but the group needs to be better around him as well."
Shots on goal after 20 minutes were 13-7 for the Blues.
Four minutes into the middle frame, Jaden Schwartz jumped on a rebound and put it glove side on Brossoit to put the home side up by three.
Oilers had a near goal on a grade A scoring chance but couldn't convert on an open net on the rush when McDavid centred a pass to Pat Maroon. And at the other end of the ice at the same time, Matt Benning and Vladimir Tarasenko dropped the gloves for a fight with the Russian winger coming to the defence of teammate Brayden Schenn after Benning clipped him in the open ice. Tarasenko ended up with a "Gordie Howe Hat Trick" on the night, with two goals, two assists and his fight.
Brayden Schenn scored on a wrist shot from the high slot along the ice with 29 seconds to play in the second period to extend the St. Louis lead to 4-0.
Shots on goal after 40 minutes were 26-14 for the Blues.
