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The Oilers host the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday. The game can be seen on Sportsnet Oilers and heard on the Oilers Radio Network, including 630 CHED. Puck drop is 7:08 p.m. MST.
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Near the end of the second period, Maroon hit Kings defender Drew Doughty, making contact with his head. Maroon was given a match penalty on the play.
Doughty went through the concussion protocol and returned to the game in the third period.
"I'm a big forward, I'm just going in to do my job on the forecheck," said Maroon post-game. "My body was inward, my elbows didn't come up - nothing came up - it's just unfortunate that my follow through hit him in the head. I'm glad he came back and finished the game."
Doughty commented on the hit following the match.
"I've known Maroon for a long time and he's just trying to finish a hit," he said. "I don't know that he meant to try to hurt me or anything like that. I forgive him."
Oilers Head Coach Todd McLellan weighed in himself.
"He made contact with Drew's head," he said. "It's obviously not a legal play and he deserved a penalty on it. Was it a match penalty, I don't know. I thought Drew was trying to swipe the puck away and lowered himself in."
Edmonton failed to capitalize on any of their three power plays and finished the night 3-for-6 shorthanded.
"It sucks the life out of us," said McLellan of the penalty kill, which sits last in the League. "We were OK for two periods, made a mistake and they scored. But the major penalty, it sucked the life out of us."
Cam Talbot made 28 saves and Leon Draisaitl had a team-high four shots on goal.
Despite 26 shots total in the first, the two clubs exited the opening 20 scoreless.
In the second frame, Jake Muzzin blocked Jujhar Khaira's shot early in the period to keep the game deadlocked. Draisaitl's shot from the right side found its way to Khaira, who had a wide-open net but Muzzin made like a wall.