The Allen Americans dropped a 3-1 decision to the Tulsa Oilers on Tuesday, Oct. 27, in a morning game in Tulsa that snapped a two-game winning streak.
Allen peppered the Oilers with 42 shots on goal. Tulsa managed just 27. The scoreboard didn't care.
Neither team scored in the first period, where Allen held a 14-8 edge in shots, according to the Americans' game recap. Both teams went empty on the power play in the opening frame. Allen was 0-for-1 and Tulsa 0-for-2.
The Oilers broke through early in the second. Jay Dickman scored his first goal with Tulsa at 2:05 of the middle frame, assisted by Max Itagaki and Coulson Pitre. Jake Lee added his second of the season at 7:19, with Nick Nardella assisting, to make it 2-0.
Allen answered late in the period. Riley Kidney, who leads the Americans in goals, buried his fourth of the season on a shorthanded tally at 17:42. Zackary Shantz fed the pass. It was Allen's second shorthanded goal of the young season.
Kidney had scored three goals in the Americans' Oct. 23 overtime win at Idaho, completing a hat trick just 43 seconds into the extra frame, according to the Idaho Steelheads' weekly report.
Allen followed that 4-3 overtime victory with a 5-2 win on Oct. 24 to sweep the road series.
Tulsa still led 2-1 after two periods on Tuesday. Pitre restored the two-goal cushion just 62 seconds into the third, with Dickman and Lee picking up assists. Allen could not close the gap the rest of the way.
Goaltender Jesper Vikman started in net for Allen. Tulsa's Jake Sibell got the win, stopping 41 of 42 shots for a 98% save percentage, per the ECHL box score.
The loss drops the Americans to 2-2-0 and four points in the ECHL's Mountain Division. Tulsa improved to 2-1-0 with four points, according to the Steelheads' weekly standings.
Allen returns to Comerica Center in Frisco on Thursday, Oct. 29, for a morning matchup against the Idaho Steelheads. The Americans' schedule lists a 10:35 a.m. puck drop. A second game in the series follows Friday, Oct. 30.
