Lazar had missed Edmonton’s previous eight home games, returning to the team a couple weeks ago in time for its recent five-game road trip. Lazar now has 26 goals this season, retaking the team lead from Mitch Moroz, who has 24. In the dying moments, with Regina on a power play and Wapple pulled for an extra attacker, Corbett sealed the deal, clearing the puck down ice and into the yawning cage for his 14th goal of the season, tied for best among WHL defensemen. Lazar completed the hat trick 5:14 into the third, scoring just three seconds after a Regina penalty had expired to put Edmonton ahead 3-2.Įdmonton again scored shortly after a Regina penalty expired, with Kulda finishing off a scramble in the Regina crease at 10:57. The Latvian junior-teamer gathered the puck in the corner and put it in front to his Canadian counterpart, who tucked it behind Wapple. With 43 seconds remaining in the opening frame, Edmonton connected on the power play as Lazar took a pass from Kulda and utilized a screen from Brett Pollock to snap the puck past Pats netminder Daniel Wapple.Įarly in the second period with the teams playing four-on-four, Kulda set up Lazar again. At 12:50 Regina went ahead 2-0, scoring on the power play as Klimchuk deflected a Dyson Stevenson point shot past Jarry. Regina jumped out to an early lead, after an Oil Kings giveaway in their own zone ended with Hansen putting the puck past Jarry at 6:05 of the first. “At the end of the night it was a big two points for us.” “You want to want to have confidence to come back in the game, but you don’t want to start slow, you want to start fast, you want to push the pace, and it seemed like we were stuck in first gear a little bit, so give our guys credit.” said head coach Derek Laxdal, who was happy with both his team’s man-advantage (1/8, with two goals that directly proceeded a power-play opportunity) and penalty-kill (5/6). Carter Hansen and Morgan Klimchuk scored for Regina on Tristan Jarry, who bounced back to make some key saves as Edmonton rallied from an early two-goal deficit to post its ninth win in the last 10 games. “It’s an NHL rink and it’s one of those nights where it was going in for me and I thought I contributed.Įdgars Kulda also scored and assisted on all three Lazar goals, while Cody Corbett contributed a goal and an assist for Edmonton. “I love playing at Rexall,” enthused Lazar, who last played here Dec. It’s hard to know whether Curtis Lazar missed Rexall Place more than the fans inside it missed him.īoth left the rink happy after Lazar scored a natural hat-trick and added an assist to lead Edmonton to a 5-2 win over Regina at Rexall on Wednesday night, thrilling 5,023 fans who were more than happy to see Lazar back for his first home game in more than six weeks following the star forward’s stint with Canada at the World Junior Championships. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.

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