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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- Bill Guerin had two power-play goals
and rookies Dan LaCouture and Brian Swanson each scored their first
NHL goals in leading the Edmonton Oilers to a 6-1 victory Tuesday
night over the Boston Bruins.
|  | | Edmonton Oilers goalie Tommy Salo fended off an array of sticks in a 6-1 victory over Boston. |
Rem Murray and Todd Marchant also scored for the Oilers, who
improved to 5-1-1. It is Edmonton's best start since the 1985-86
season when the Oilers began 5-1-0.
Brian Rolston scored for Boston, which has lost three in a row
after starting the season 3-0-1. The Bruins have been outscored
16-3 in their last three games.
LaCouture scored at 7:40 of the first period when he drove down
the left side and beat goalie Andrew Raycroft with a high shot.
Swanson scored early in the second after Boston defenseman Kyle
McLaren misplayed an icing and lost the puck up to winger Daniel
Cleary, who set up Swanson for a 4-0 lead.
Raycroft was replaced by Kay Whitmore after Swanson's goal,
which came on Edmonton's 10th shot.
Rolston scored at 8:36 of the second period to make it 4-1, but
Edmonton added two goals in the third period when Guerin and Murray
scored nine seconds apart.
The lopsided score produced a number of skirmishes late in the
game.
Edmonton opened the scoring 5:50 in when captain Doug Weight
knocked down a bouncing puck and shoveled a backhand pass to Guerin
in front of the Boston net. The goal was Guerin's fifth of the
season.
Marchant made it 3-0 with a short-handed goal at 3:54 of the
second.
Edmonton goalie Tommy Salo stopped 22 shots.
Weight did not play the third period.
Game notes
Oilers forward Ryan Smyth had a three-game goal scoring
streak end. He entered the game second in team scoring with three
goals and four assists. ... Boston came into the game 32-17-6
against Edmonton, outscoring the Oilers 208-171. ... The Oilers
record for fastest two goals is eight seconds set Jan. 20, 1982, by
Wayne Gretzky and Glenn Anderson.
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