The Edmonton Oilers had the last laugh in the Battle of Alberta Saturday night, laying a beating on Calgary and winning the game by a score of 8-3. In the previous game, however, Calgary won the game in a shootout in which Flames goaltender David Rittich had a big celebration at the end, flipping his stick in the air. It was something Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl was not a big fan of.
"It's just disrespectful," he told TSN's Ryan Rishaug postgame. "We hit two posts and he's acting like they just won the Stanley Cup."
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Rittich was pulled Saturday after allowing four goals, but was forced to re-enter the contest after Cam Talbot was ejected following his scrap with Mike Smith. Rittich proceeded to allow two more goals in the losing effort, while Draisaitl extended his league-leading point total with four assists. Smith was a teammate of Rittich's last season in Calgary. He says the two are friends but claimed Rittich sometimes takes things too far.
What goes around comes around," Smith said.
The next Battle of Alberta won't take place until April 4th, the last game of the season for each team. Until then, the last few Oilers-Flames contests have produced quite a bit of excitement.
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