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THIRD PERIOD

0.0: The Panthers take this one 6-2. The Oilers will hit the road for a three-game trip beginning Tuesday against Detroit.

19.9: Hawryluk goes top shelf on Koskinen to make it a 6-2 score. | FLA 6, EDM 2

1:24: Frank Vatrano puts one in the empty net. | FLA 5, EDM 2

6:42: BIRTHDAY BOY! Draisaitl deposits Ethan Bear’s rebound to cut the deficit in half. That’s Draisaitl’s ninth of the year. | FLA 4, EDM 2

13:02: Coach Dave Tippett shakes things up with his lines as Zack Kassian, Draisaitl and Neal get a shift together. McDavid, meanwhile, was with Nugent-Hopkins and Alex Chiasson.

16:23: NEALSY! Nugent-Hopkins redirects Draisaitl’s shot-pass and James Neal gets the final touch as it bounced off his leg. The Oilers finally get on the board with Neal’s 1oth of the year. | FLA 4, EDM 1

17:44: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is cross-checked into the boards by Mark Pysyk. The Oilers will go to the power play.

19:11: Evgenii Dadonov scores on a wraparound as the Panthers go ahead by four. | FLA 4, EDM 0

20:00: The third period has begun.

SECOND PERIOD

0.0: The Panthers score three times in the first three minutes of the second period, coming out on top with a 3-0 lead to enter the final frame.

4:35: Koskinen gloves down Keith Yandle’s wrister from the point.

6:37: McDavid drives for the net but Bobrovsky keeps the puck out. Oilers leading the shots 16-14.

10:24: The Oilers are 0-for-2 on the power play this afternoon.

13:11: Dryden Hunt goes off for interference. The Oilers get a chance to get on the board on the power play.

17:24: Noel Acciari goes blocker side from a tight angle to get the Cats their third goal of the period. Smith is done for the night as Mikko Koskinen enters the crease. Smith stopped 10 of 13 shots. | FLA 3, EDM 0

18:02: Brian Boyle shows some patience as Smith sprawls out, sifting one past the netminder to net the Panthers’ second goal of the period. That’s two quick ones for Florida. | FLA 2, EDM ‘0

19:29: Aaron Ekblad accepts a drop-pass and goes low glove to open the scoring. | FLA 1, EDM 0

20:00: The second period has begun!

FIRST PERIOD

0.0: A quick first period concludes scoreless. Shots are 9-6 Florida after 20.

36.7: The Oilers kill Gagner’s minor as Leon Draisaitl gets a partial break after it expires but Bobrovsky is quick with his glove to thwart the forward.

3:23: Sam Gagner gets his stick up on Josh Brown. He goes to the box for high sticking.

4:22: James Neal tips a point shot but it goes wide as the Oilers don’t convert on their first PP of the afternoon.

6:55: Jayce Hawryluk gets his stick in Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ feet to warrant a tripping minor.

8:55: McDavid snaps a quick shot on goal and just misses the rebound as the Oilers tilt the ice in their favour.

11:19: Oscar Klefbom gets his stick in the way to disrupt a 2-on-1 for the Panthers. Connor McDavid rushes up ice and gets the Oilers first shot on goal.

16:40: The Panthers come out with the game’s first four shots on goal as Smith is tested early. The Oilers have yet to put one on Sergei Bobrovsky.

18:30: Mike Smith makes a save on a change-up from in close.

20:00: The puck has been dropped!

Big congrats to Ken Holland on 1700 @NHL games as a General Manager! #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/NvMEgcG6MT

— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) October 27, 2019

TONIGHT’S LINEUP

Draisaitl – McDavid – Kassian
Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins – Neal
Khaira – Sheahan – P. Russell
Jurco – Granlund – Gagner

Nurse – Bear
Klefbom – K. Russell
Manning – Benning

Smith
Koskinen

OUT: Larsson (right fibula), Nygard (ribs), Persson (concussion), Lagesson, Haas

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