Saskatoon Blades hand the Edmonton Oil Kings 5th straight loss

EDMONTON – Nik Amundrud made 37 saves and Wyatt Sloboshan scored 1:16 into overtime as the Saskatoon Blades held on to defeat the host Edmonton Oil Kings 3-2 on Tuesday in Western Hockey League action. Nikita Soshnin and Cameron Hebig built the Blades (4-2-3) a 2-0 lead before Edmonton stormed back to force extra time.

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Brandon Baddock and Lane Bauer scored for the Oil Kings (3-6-2), who are on a five-game slide.

Edmonton’s Alec Dillon kicked out 15-of-18 shots in a losing cause.

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Saskatoon went 0 for 4 on the power play while the Oil Kings failed to score on three chances with the man advantage.

The Blades are back on the ice Wednesday when they take on the Rebels in Red Deer.

With files from Global News