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Free Press ★★★

★ Vladimir Tkachev, Oilers: Two assists including a beauty pass on the goal that pulled the Oilers even at 2-2 late in the second period.

★★ Matt Halischuk, Jets: Winnipeg’s best player on the night with lots of jump and some finish too, scoring his first goal of the pre-season.

★★★ Bogdan Yakimov, Oilers: A goal and an assist and the perfect foil to Tkachev’s creative madness.

SUMMARY

Oilers 3 at Jets 2

First Period

1. Winnipeg, Galiardi 1 (O’Neill, Melchiori) 14:09.

Penalties — Nugent-Hopkins Edm (hooking) 19:18.

Second Period

2. Winnipeg, Halischuk 1 (Kane, Scheifele) 1:11 (pp).

3. Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins 2 (Eberle) 10:48.

4. Edmonton, Yakimov 1 (Tkachev, Marincin) 16:03.

5. Edmonton, Schultz 2 (Tkachev, Yakimov) 19:51.

Penalties — None.

Third Period

No Scoring.

Penalties — Morrissey Wpg (holding) 0:21, Galiardi Wpg (high-sticking) 6:20, Galiardi Wpg (interference) 9:42, Marincin Edm (tripping) 11:40.

Shots on goal by

Edmonton  6  12  13–31

Winnipeg  9  10  10–29

Goal — Edmonton: Brossoit (W, 1-0-0); Winnipeg: Hutchinson (L, 1-1-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Edmonton: 0-3; Winnipeg: 1-2.

Referees — Gord Dwyer, Dave Lewis.

Linesmen — John Grandt, Ryan Galloway.

Attendance — 14,723.

ELECTRIC EVANDER:

Jets winger Evander Kane had the fans off their feet twice in a short span in the first period. First he was sprung and broke in alone on Oilers goalie Laurent Brossoit, narrowly missing on a tight deke. Kane was tugged from behind by Jordan Eberle and a penalty shot ensued. Kane moved in again on Brossoit and rang a shot off the goalpost.

REMEMBER ME?

Matt Halischuk, what with all the talk about the kids vying for work at this training camp, has been a bit of a forgotten man but he poked management in the eye last night with a strong game. Halischuk has never skimped on effort and he also finished a nice feed from Kane to score Winnipeg’s second goal.

JACOB AND MO:

Fans and media alike were drooling at the prospect of seeing Jacob Trouba and rookie Josh Morrissey play together as a defence pairing and while they may be a top unit it the future, they struggled mightily on Wednesday. Trouba got caught pinching and left Morrissey alone on a 2-on-1 that resulted in an Edmonton goal. Morrissey got caught out of position in his own zone and could only watch as the Oilers swept by and popped a goal.

UP NEXT:

The Jets hit the road to face the Minnesota Wild, Saturday, 7 p.m. (TSN 3/TSN 1290) in game three of their seven-game pre-season schedule.

— Lawless