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THIRD PERIOD
0.0: Arizona takes this one by a score of 4-2. Oilers return to pre-season action on the road on Thursday against the Winnipeg Jets.
3:22: Bunting takes a high-sticking penalty against McDavid. Oilers to the PP.
8:17: Stepan gets a fortunate bounce in front for an easy doorstep tally. | ARI 4, EDM 2
9:24: SHEAHAN SCORES! Josh Archibald’s wrist shot is stopped but the rebound bounces out, hitting Riley Sheahan’s face and going in. | ARI 3, EDM 2
9:54: Michael Grabner deflects a net-front pass to regain the two-goal lead. | ARI 3, EDM 1
10:22: The Oilers fail to convert on the power play. The club continues to look for the equalizer near the midway mark of the period.
14:55: Kyle Capobianco takes a cross-checking penalty to give the Oilers a power play.
18:26: Koskinen gets his first feel for the puck, stopping Jakob Chychrun’s point shot.
20:00: The third frame has begun with Mikko Koskinen manning the twine for the final period. Joel Persson will not return to the game due to an upper-body injury.
SECOND PERIOD
0.0: Cave causes all sorts of trouble for the Coyotes in their zone with a wraparound and subsequent rebound attempt but Hill keeps the door shut. Oilers exit the period down by one, leading the shots 25-17.
3:02: Lane Pederson barrels in on a partial break but Smith gets a piece of his attempt with the blocker.
6:11: Klefbom takes a drop-pass from Nugent-Hopkins and tries to flip the puck over Hill’s shoulder short side but can’t beat the goaltender.
9:42: James Neal is stopped on the 5-hole then tries to stuff the rebound past Hill to no avail.
12:47: NUUUUUUUUGE! Jujhar Khaira breaks up the attack in the defensive zone, prompting a 2-on-1 with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who whips a sneaky shot through a Coyotes defender and Hill’s glove hand. That’s RNH’s second shorty of the pre-season. | ARI 2, EDM 1
15:56: Darnell Nurse’s stick gets high on Jordan Gross and cuts him, warranting a double-minor high-sticking penalty. Big kill for the Oilers coming up.
16:43: An errant pass behind the Oilers net finds Michael Bunting’s tape and he pots it blocker side on Smith for the two-goal lead. | ARI 2, EDM 0
20:00: McDavid wins the opening draw to begin period two.
FIRST PERIOD
0.0: Crouse’s slap shot gives the visitors the lead after 20.
2:34: Matt Benning blasts a one-timer that hits the post then gets covered up by Hill. Shots are 11-8 Coyotes.
3:55: Smith stays awake on the kill, making several stops to keep the Oilers within one.
6:59: Oscar Klefbom mitigates a scoring chance against but gets called for holding as a result. Oilers back to the PK.
7:46: The Oilers lose the puck at their blueline, giving Lawson Crouse a 2-on-1. He winds up and rips a shot high glove past Smith to open the scoring. | ARI 1, EDM 0
8:46: Colby Cave, Patrick Russell and Alex Chiasson grind it out on the forecheck, culminating in a point-blank opportunity from Chiasson that gets stopped by Arizona netminder Adin Hill.
11:11: Mike Smith – making his Oilers pre-season debut as well – squeezes tight to cover up Derek Stepan’s shot.
12:53: The Coyotes cough the puck up in front of their net and Zack Kassian scoops it up, shovelling a backhander that gets blocked.
15:33: The Oilers don’t allow the ‘Yotes to set up very much during the power play, killing it without allowing a shot against.
18:24: Sam Gagner takes the game’s first penalty, going off for tripping.
20:00: The puck is dropped as Oilers Captain Connor McDavid draws into the lineup for the first time this pre-season.
GAME ON!
One last pre-season tuneup on @RogersPlace ice.
Let’s go. pic.twitter.com/j03qUvOqet
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) September 25, 2019
TONIGHT’S LINEUP
Draisaitl – McDavid – Kassian
Gagner – Nugent-Hopkins – Neal
Khaira – Sheahan – Archibald
Chiasson – Cave – P. Russell
Klefbom – Persson
Nurse – Larsson
Russell – Benning
Smith
Koskinen
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