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THIRD PERIOD
0.0: The Oilers drop their third straight, losing 6-3 to the Tampa Bay Lightning. The club will break for the holidays and will be back in action on Dec. 27, against Vancouver.
1:25: Johnson scores an empty-netter. | TBL 6, EDM 3
4:57: Stamkos lasers the puck top shelf to regain the two-goal lead. Kucherov picks up his fourth point of the night on the play. | TBL 5, EDM 3
5:41: Oilers fail to convert on the power play. The club continues to look for the tying goal with under six minutes left.
10:45: Draisaitl is tripped again, giving the Oilers yet another power play.
13:43: DRAISAITL! The Oilers forward snipes far side on the man advantage, scoring his 17th marker of the campaign. McDavid nabs his third helper of the night while Nugent-Hopkins gets the secondary assist. Oilers still down by one. | TBL 4, EDM 3
14:07: Draisaitl is tripped up in the Lightning’s zone. Ryan McDonagh gets two minutes for tripping as the Oilers look to get within one on the power play.
15:43: Tyler Johnson puts back a rebound on a 2-on-1 to give the Bolts a two-goal lead. | TBL 4, EDM 2
18:04: McDavid zips one from the left circle then misses an open net on the rebound. Zack Kassian skated up on the first line and Puljujarvi is now with Milan Lucic and Kyle Brodziak.
20:00: The third period has begun.
SECOND PERIOD
0.0: The Oilers kill Larsson’s minor and end the period down by one. Shots are 30-19 for Tampa Bay.
1:47: Koskinen denies Palat from the goalmouth.
3:31: Adam Larsson tries to thwart Kucherov on a partial break, receiving a holding penalty. Oilers are shorthanded for the second time tonight.
5:28: The Lightning strike again. Erik Cernak skates down from the point and finds J.T. Miller on the doorstep. The Bolts take the lead for the first time tonight. | TBL 3, EDM 2
7:00: Tampa ties it up once again. Jesse Puljujarvi lost the puck in the offensive zone, allowing Nikita Kucherov to walk in all alone on a breakaway. He beat Koskinen glove side to tally his 16th of the season. | EDM 2, TBL 2
7:23: Chiasson loads one up from the kitchen but Vasilevskiy kicks it aside.
8:28: Leon Draisaitl rips one from the slot but his shot is wide. Shots are 6-4 Edmonton this period.
12:02: Shots are 19-12 Tampa Bay as we near the midway mark of the middle frame.
17:10: ALEXISONFIRE! Chiasson redirects Darnell Nurse’s point shot to notch his 16th goal of the year. McDavid picks up his second apple of the night on the play. | EDM 2, TBL 1
18:31: Stamkos is called for hooking Nugent-Hopkins. Oilers get their first power play of the night.
20:00: The second period has begun.
FIRST PERIOD
0.0: McDavid skates in on a partial break but runs out of real estate in close on netminder Andrei Vasilevskiy. The score is 1-1 heading into the second. The Bolts are out-shooting the Oilers 16-8.
22.9: Alex Chiasson and Brayden Point mix it up in the neutral zone. Both players get two minutes for roughing.
2:51: Tampa scores on the man advantage. Stamkos blasts a one-timer home from his office on the wing. | EDM 1, TBL 1
3:46: Tobias Rieder is called for tripping. The Oilers will look to kill Tampa’s 33.9 percent road power play.
5:25: MIKKO AGAIN! This time the goaltender shuts the door on Ondrej Palat from the doorstep.
6:03: MIKKO! The Oilers keeper robs Steven Stamkos with his glove. Koskinen has nine saves tonight so far.
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Mario Lemieux
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9:45: OILERS GOAL! Nugent-Hopkins and McDavid play the give-and-go, with RNH depositing the puck to open the scoring. Nugent-Hopkins now has 12 goals on the season and McDavid picks up his 200th career assist. Jesse Puljujarvi gets the secondary helper. | EDM 1, TBL 0
10:08: Valentin Zykov makes a nice set up in Tampa’s zone, opening up some space for Drake Caggiula to walk in from the wing but the forward’s shot is turned aside.
14:54: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins springs Connor McDavid on a breakaway but the Oilers Captain loses the puck in tight.
17:30: Mikko Koskinen makes his first stop of the night, denying Alex Killorn with his shoulder.
20:00: Tonight’s game has begun!
TONIGHT’S LINEUP
Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Puljujarvi
Rieder – Draisaitl – Chiasson
Lucic – Brodziak – Kassian
Zykov – Caggiula – Spooner
Nurse – Larsson
Garrison – Benning
Gravel – Jones
Koskinen
OUT: Sekera (Achilles), Klefbom (hand), Russell (undisclosed), Wideman, Khaira, Rattie
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