Edmonton Oilers forward James Neal scoredfour goalsTuesday against the New York Islanders,showcasing the following me sage to the league: his scoring touch is back.The 32-year-old helped Edmonton take a dominating lead on the road in New York with a natural hat trick in the first and second periods. In the third, he added one more, which brought his tally to sixthrough just
https://www.chargersedge.com/nick-niemann-jerseys three games this season .Neal managed only seven goals and 19 points in 63 games last season with the Flames. After being acquired in exchange for Milan Lucic, that he was no longer areliable 20+ goal-scorer,but Neal appears rejuvenated playing in a new system under head coach
https://www.chargersedge.com/drue-tranquill-jerseys Dave Tippett.NHL PREDICTIONS: Let's take a look at each of Neal's fourgoals Tuesday:Goal 1The Oilers allowed the game's first goal to New York's Anthony Beauvillier, but Neal got Edmonton on the board toward the end of the first period by cycling the puck around the net and positioning himself at the edge of the faceoff circle for a slapshot that buzzed right past Islanders goalie Thomas Grei s' blocker.Here's how we got our first on Long Island tonight. 18 Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) Goal 2On the power play with under a minute remaining in the first, Neal set up on Grei s' glove side in front of the net. Connor McDavid and Neal
https://www.chargersedge.com/los-angeles-chargers-sleepwear-underwear executed a give-and-go during the man advantage, and thesecond timeEdmonton's captain sent the puck to Neal's stick, the opposing defenders had allowed No. 18 just enough space for him to slide the puck around Grei s for his second goal of the period.Neal with it. Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) Goal 3Another power-play opportunity saw Neal finish off some tic-tac-toe pa sing from the Oilers' special teams unit. McDavid cro s-ice to Leon
https://www.chargersedge.com/josh-harris-jerseys Draisaitl, who appeared to fire a one-time shot fromthe right side, but ii was aimed just wide leftat Neal, who redirected it for the natural hat trick. Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) Goal 4Neal scored yet
https://www.chargersedge.com/jk-scott-jerseys again on a bad-angle wrist shot that went right through Grei s' five-hole and trickled into the net.Give four on the night. Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) Neal is the second player to score four goals this season, joining Detroit Red Wings forward .