The Edmonton Oilers laid a beating on the Washington Capitals 7-2 in front of their home fans at Rogers Place. The home town crowd had a lot to cheer about on the night, Zach Hyman got a natural hat trick but it was the seventh goal of the evening that got the loudest applause from the fans for a special reason.
30 year old, Connor Brown finally broke a 72-game goal-less streak dating back to 2022, by scoring his first goal of the season. Brown signed a one-year league-minimum contract with Edmonton this summer, carrying a cap hit of $775k. Brown's contract carries a performance bonus of $3.225M, which he trigged when he played his 10th game of the season.
The crowd did go a little over the top, tossing out hats on the ice for a players first goal, made the moment a little too cheesy.