Edmonton Oil Kings blank Vancouver Giants 5-0
 

Edmonton Oil Kings blank Vancouver Giants 5-0

 

 
 
 
 
Edmonton Oil Kings Tristan Jarry makes a save on Vancouver Giants Brett Pollock during second period WHL action at Rexall Place on January 5, 2012 in Edmonton.
 
 

Edmonton Oil Kings Tristan Jarry makes a save on Vancouver Giants Brett Pollock during second period WHL action at Rexall Place on January 5, 2012 in Edmonton.

Photograph by: Greg Southam, Edmonton Journal

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EDMONTON — Tristan Jarry turned aside all 24 shots he faced for his third shutout of the season as the Edmonton Oil Kings blanked the Vancouver Giants 5-0 in Western Hockey League action Saturday night.

The Delta, B.C. native entered the night second in the league with a 1.93 goals-against average to go along with a third-ranked .926 save percentage.

Cody Corbett, Stephane Legault, Dylan Wruck, Brett Pollock and Ashton Sautner scored for Edmonton (27-8-5).

Jared Rathjen stopped 28 shots in net for Vancouver (11-29-0).

Corbett opened up the scoring for the Oil Kings just 1:44 into the game on the power play, rifling a point shot through traffic behind Rathjen.

Legault expanded Edmonton's lead to 2-0 after converting a spinning pass from T.J. Foster up and over the blocker of Rathjen at 14:31 of the second.

At 4:26 of the third, Wruck made it 3-0 as he tucked home a backhand deke to finish off a two-on-one with Henrik Samuelsson, who assisted on the goal.

Pollock put the game out of reach at 8:23 with a bullet from the top of the left face-off circle and Sautner added the fifth goal with 1:36 remaining.

Edmonton went 1 for 8 on the power play while Vancouver failed to score on four chances with

 
 
 
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Edmonton Oil Kings Tristan Jarry makes a save on Vancouver Giants Brett Pollock during second period WHL action at Rexall Place on January 5, 2012 in Edmonton.
 

Edmonton Oil Kings Tristan Jarry makes a save on Vancouver Giants Brett Pollock during second period WHL action at Rexall Place on January 5, 2012 in Edmonton.

Photograph by: Greg Southam, Edmonton Journal

 
Edmonton Oil Kings Tristan Jarry makes a save on Vancouver Giants Brett Pollock during second period WHL action at Rexall Place on January 5, 2012 in Edmonton.
Vancouver Giants Trevor Cheek can’t get the puck past Edmonton Oil Kings goaltender Tristan Jarry during first period WHL action at Rexall Place on January 5, 2012 in Edmonton.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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