Kris Russell fires up Edmonton Oilers with big hit
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Defenceman Kris Russell, playing for the first time since March 22, stepped up inside the Predators' blue line and crushed Mikael Granlund.
The Edmonton Oilers beat Nashville 4-0 Thursday night thanks in part to a hat trick from Leon Draisaitl and a shutout from Mike Smith.
But it was a big hit before the game was even three minutes old that really got the team buzzing.
Defenceman Kris Russell, playing for the first time since March 22, stepped up inside the Predators’ blue line and crushed Mikael Granlund.
“It was a slow developing play. It made it hard on that forward,” Russell explained. “Just stepped up and got a good lick on him.
“The big thing is just making sure I was getting covered. I took a glance and saw Jesse (Puljujarvi) was there, so it gave me (the green light to go there).”
“We heard it from the bench. It was quite a collision,” recalled Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. “It was a great hit. It got the bench fired up.
Russell has played only 25 of the Oilers’ 75 games this season. Sometimes he’s been injured and sometimes he’s been a healthy scratch. He drew in Thursday when the coaching staff decided to go with seven defencemen.
“I hadn’t played for a while. I wanted to step in and bring some energy,” Russell said.
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