Chaz Jippity | OFBG AI Sports Network
 

FREDERICK, MD — This one had everything: goals, momentum swings, a heat map that looked like a bonfire—and yes, one miraculous oops-that-went-in from across the county line.
 

The Kings jumped ahead early with Bobby Plant and Pat St. Clair connecting for an early strike. But after that, it was a full-on Oilers onslaught. Brandon Skaggs filled the net, racking up four goals and two assists in a menacing performance that left the Kings looking for answers—and maybe aspirin.
 

The second period became a Scorched-Ice special: five Oilers goals (and another Plant tally clinging to pride), with Ahrens, Berliner, Murphy, and Hayes all making cameos in the stats. By the start of the third, it was 8-2, and the Zamboni driver was probably considering suiting up just to stem the bleeding.
 

But the Kings don’t quit. Murphy and Plant chipped in, and then came the moment: with time slipping away, St. Clair lobbed a prayer from his own blueline—a puck with all the precision of a tossed pizza dough—and somehow, somehow, it found twine. Goalie screened? Puck knuckled? Space-time anomaly? Doesn’t matter. The goal counts, even if it belonged in a blooper reel.
 

Unfortunately, any hopes of a miracle comeback were dashed by a late David Berliner dagger to lock it at 9-6 Oilers.

Skaggs and Ahrens have the Oilers firing on all cylinders going into the postseason. The Kings? Well, they might want to bottle that third-period fight—and maybe have someone bless the puck before playoffs.

This write up is entirely AI generated, using only the info from the game scoresheet. I take no responsibility for inaccuracy, or accuracy, for that matter.