Gojsic scores late winner as Oil Kings beat Blades 3-2

EDMONTON — Kanjyu Gojsic scored at 17:49 of the third period to lift the Edmonton Oil Kings to a 3-2 win over the Saskatoon Blades on Friday night at Rogers Place.




Saskatoon opened the scoring at 12:11 of the first period, when Calgary product Cooper Williams scored his sixth goal of the season, assisted by Kazden Mathies and Hunter Laing.




Edmonton tied the game at 2:36 of the second period on Kayden Stroeder's seventh goal of the season, assisted by Chris Kokkoris.




Calgary's Aaron Obobaifo put the Oil Kings in front at 13:29 of the second period, scoring his fourth of the season from Dylan Dean and Dylan Ronald.




Tyrone Sobry tied the game at 9:32 of the third period with his first goal of the season, assisted by David Lewandowski and Isaac Poll.




Gojsic's game winner, his second goal of the season, was assisted by K.J. Sauer.




Parker Snell made 34 saves for Edmonton and was named the game's first star. Gojsic was the second star, and Williams the third.




Saskatoon outshot Edmonton 36-21. Both teams went scoreless on the power play, the Blades at 0-for-3 and the Oil Kings at 0-for-1. Attendance was 5,552.




The Calgary connections did not end with the two goal scorers. Blades captain Brayden Klimpke is also a Calgary product, as is Saskatoon backup goaltender Max Hartel, who dressed but did not play. Oil Kings forward Jensen Marsh is from Cochrane.




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