Yamamoto scores twice as Oilers down Flames 4-3 in pre-season play
EDMONTON — It sure was a happy birthday for Kailer Yamamoto.
On his 20th birthday, the Edmonton Oilers winger scored two goals, including the winner, to lift his team to a 4-3 pre-season win over the Calgary Flames on Saturday.
Yamamoto put another exclamation mark on his bid to land a job on right wing with the Oilers, scoring his fifth and six goals in the six pre-season games he’s played.
“Especially on my birthday. It makes it that much better,” said Yamamoto before the Oilers took off for Germany, where they will wrap up their pre-season with an exhibition game against the Cologne Sharks on Wednesday.