Josh Samanski was the lone Oilers skater to produce a point in Monday’s results after coming up with a secondary assist late in the third period for Germany in a 6-1 defeat to hosts Switzerland at Swiss Life Arena in Zurich.
After a scoreless opening frame, the Swiss scored five in the second before it was 6-0 in the third when Samanski made a great deflected pass on his backhand in the neutral zone to start the quick rush that led to Germany’s only goal with 4:13 left.
Samanski was among the leaders in ice time for Germany, leading all of their forwards and trailing only behind Detroit Red Wings defenceman Moritz Seider for the team high.
The Germans are winless and sit at the bottom of Group A with a minus-nine goal difference (11-2) as they prepare to face Isaac Howard and the United States on Wednesday, who fell 6-2 to Finland on Monday morning.
Howard was sixth among U.S. forwards after finishing minus-two with 13:55 of ice time.