Offense Absent in 4-1 Loss in Tulsa, Game Recap, Video Highlights, Standings in Depth and More

A slow start cost the Allen Americans again as they lost 4-1 to the Tulsa Oilers last night before a crowd of 5240 at the BOK center. What the stats say:

• Allen is 2-0-0-0 when scoring first, but they have allowed the first goal in six of eight games including last night. 
• Allen trailed 2-1after the first period and second period which usually spells defeat. Allen is the only team in the league with two wins when trailing after the second period. The overall league record is 12-78-6-2.
• After Tulsa took a 2-0 lead last night the Americans managed to cut the score to 2-1 on a late first period goal (18:42) by Thomas Caron, assisted by Michael Gildon and Quinn Warmuth. It turned out to be their only goal of the game. 
• The Americans have scored the same number of goals in the third period this season (11) than the first two periods combined. Despite having a 15-10 shot advantage in the third period last night, Allen could not light the lamp. 
• Allen outshot Tulsa 34-30 but could manage just one goal. That is a shooting percentage of 2.9% which won't win many games. 
• In its last two games prior to last night Allen scored 12 goals, however, in their other six games the Americans scored a total of 11 goals.
• There were only six power plays in the game and Allen had four of them. The Americans power play was 0-4 and the power play has dropped to 14.7%, ranked #22,
• Allen's penalty kill was perfect again (0-2) and improved the penalty kill percentage to 91.9%, ranked #4. The penalty kill unit has allowed only three goals on 37 chances. 
• The bottom line is Allen needs more offense from some of its proven scorers. The ECHL has 75 players averaging a point per game. Allen has none. 

- Here are the game recaps from both teams and the video highlights:

• Allen Americans: https://allenamericans.com/news/2025/11/americans-drop-friday-night-game-in-tulsa-4-1
• Tulsa Oilers: https://tulsaoilers.com/news/2025/11/oilers-score-four-against-americans-for-fourth-straight-win
• Video highlights: https://echl.com/videos/allen-americans-vs-tulsa-oilers-nov-7-2025

- The teams will have the day off today before playing the second game of the two-game series on Sunday afternoon at 3:05. After the game last night, the BOK arena crew had to convert from hockey to concert setup.  Grammy award winning Christian singer Brandon Lake will be performing tonight and according to the BOK website less than 3% of tickets remain and the BOK is a big arena (over 17,000 for hockey). After the concert tonight it will be a quick turnaround for the crew converting back to hockey for the early start tomorrow. 

OTHER COMMENTS

- Early in the season the standings can change very quickly. The Mountain remans the closest division in the ECHL. There is one stat that isn't always noticed that is a good proxy for strength of team and that is goal differential. By that metric two teams stand out. Here is the goal differential (goals for minus goals against) for the Mountain Division:

• +12 Tahoe
• +8 Kansas City
• 0 Utah
• -2 Allen
• -2 Tulsa
• -4 Rapid City
• -6 Wichita
• -10 Idaho

 

- Here are the division standings by points, which can be misleading because games played varies from 8-10:

• 14 points - Tahoe
• 12 points - Kansas City
• 10 points - Tulsa
• 9 points - Allen
• 9 points - Idaho
• 9 points - Utah
• 9 points - Wichita
• 7 points - Rapid City

- Finally, the fairest way to look at standings when games played varies is by point percentage:

• .700 - Tahoe
• ,667 - Kansas City
• .563 - Allen
• .556 - Tulsa
• .450 - Utah
• .450 - Idaho
• .450 - Wichita
• .389 - Rapid City

- It is clear no matter how you look at the standings the top two teams have been Tahoe and Kansas City, and you have to expect that to continue. The rest of the division is scrambling for positions. Remember, history shows 80% of all playoff teams will be decided by Thanksgiving, just 19 days away.

- Having a .800 point percentage is unheard of over the course of a season, It has happened only twice in the history of the ECHL. Louisiana in 2001-02 (.808) and by Idaho in 2022-23 when the Steelheads set the all-time record of .826. It is still very early in the season, but two teams are above .800.

• .875 - Atlanta (7-1-0-0)
• .857 - Wheeling (6-1-0-0)

DID YOU KNOW: Last season Allen didn't win its third home game until January 8th, the 16th home game of the season. This season, the Steve Martinson led Americans won their third home game on November 5th, the sixth home game of the season.