The bad news is the Tulsa Oilers lost 4-3 in a shootout at home to the Missouri Mavericks Tuesday night.  The good news is the teams play again Thursday night at Missouri.

That bodes well for the Oilers, as the two teams have played each other six times this season, and the visiting team has won each time.

Tuesday it didn’t take long for Missouri to strike, as Nick Sirota scored just 12 seconds after the opening face off.  Braden Walls stretched the lead to 2-0 midway through the first period, a period in which Oiler coach Bruce Ramsay admitted the team didn’t play well.

That changed in the second period, a special period for brothers Jake and Troy Riddle. Jake scored two power play goals, and Troy had a shorthanded unassisted breakaway goal.

The lead got wiped out though with another early period goal as former Oiler Tom Maldonado scored his second goal for Missouri, both against the Oilers, just 23 seconds into the third period. The shots on goal reflected the even nature of the game as Missouri had a 31-30 edge in regulation time.

Missouri also had the only shot in overtime as the game moved to a shootout. Dan Riedel scored on the Oilers first shot but none of the other four Tulsa players could score. And after Toby Lafrance had scored for Missouri, it came down to Jordan Foreman who was able to score for Missouri, giving the Mavericks their second shootout victory in Tulsa this season.

Game time Thursday is 7:05 p.m. The Oilers hope the season trend extends into game seven.

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