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THIRD PERIOD

0.0: The Flames burn the Oilers 5-1 in the first BoA of the season. The Oilers will host the New York Rangers on New Year’s Eve.

6:53: Shots are 6-5 EDM in the third and 30-26 overall for CGY.

14:58: Khaira gets a whack at the puck from in front of the net then Klefbom goes for the wraparound but Rittich is there to turn both aside. He has 23 saves tonight.

19:03: Mikael Backlund jumps out on a breakaway and goes blocker side on Smith to notch an early third-period marker. | CGY 5, EDM 1

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20:00: The third period has begun.

SECOND PERIOD

0.0: Monahan and Lindholm beat Koskinen in the second as the visitors take a 4-1 advantage into the third period. Shots after 40 are 25-20 CGY.

2.6: Lindholm is whistled down for hooking. Oilers go back to the PP.

1:47: Smith handles Dillon Dube’s shot from the wing for his first save.

3:06: Elias Lindholm picks the short side from the right circle. Flames go up by three. Mike Smith now takes to the crease for the Oilers. | CGY 4, EDM 1

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4:48: The Oilers go 0-for-1 on their first power play of the evening.

7:17: McDavid is interfered with in the neutral zone by Oliver Kylington, sending the Flame to the box for two. The Oilers go to the man advantage.

10:25: The Oilers kill Chiasson’s roughing minor.

12:43: Joakim Nygard gets his wheels going around the net then tries for the wraparound but Rittich gets a glove on the puck. A scrum ensues after and Alex Chiasson is given the only penalty. The Flames are awarded the game’s first power play.

14:11: Draisaitl slides the puck over to McDavid and he quickly lets it fly but Rittich makes the butterfly stop.

18:52: Sean Monahan squeaks one by Koskinen as the visitors regain the two-goal lead. | CGY 3, EDM 1

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20:00: The second period has begun!

FIRST PERIOD

0.0: Mangiapane and Tkachuk put the visitors up by a pair but McDavid gets one back late as the Flames lead by a single. Shots after 20 are 11-10 CGY.

5:34: OILERS GET ON THE BOARD! McDavid wins an offensive zone faceoff to Nurse at the point and his shot is tipped by the Oilers Captain! McDavid collects goal 22 on the year and Nurse picks up point 19. | CGY 2, EDM 1

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8:21: Mangiapane fights off Darnell Nurse then finds Matthew Tkachuk just above the crease and he puts it back to give Calgary a two-goal lead. | CGY 2, EDM 0

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8:50: Patrick Russell shoots for the rebound as Jujhar Khaira crashes the net but Calgary keeper David Rittich covers it up.

12:00: Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl play the give-and-go, with Draisaitl’s one-timer hitting the outside of the net. After allowing the first six shots on goal, the Oilers have since shifted the ice, going on a 4-0 shot run.

17:26: Tobias Rieder sends a hot wrister at Mikko Koskinen and the keeper pushes out for the stop. The Flames are out-shooting the Oilers 6-0 early.

19:49: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins mishandles the puck behind the Oilers goal-line and Andrew Mangiapane is fed in front for the quick go-ahead goal. | CGY 1, EDM 0

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20:00: The Battle of Alberta has begun!

TONIGHT’S LINEUP

Draisaitl – McDavid – Kassian
Neal – Nugent-Hopkins – Archibald
Khaira – Sheahan – P. Russell
Nygard – Haas – Chiasson

Nurse – Bear
Klefbom – Larsson
K. Russell – Jones

Koskinen
Smith

OUT: Gagner, Granlund, Manning, Benning (concussion)

OILERS TODAY | PRE-GAME VS CGY

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