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THIRD PERIOD
0.0: PLAY TARZAN BOY! The Oilers defeat the Chicago Blackhawks in their first game without McDavid. Smith makes 18 saves in the final period and 38 overall while Yamamoto tallies twice and Nugent-Hopkins gets the GWG! Next up is Tampa Bay on Thursday.
2.9: DRAISAITL! He ices this one with his fourth point of the evening, scoring an empty netter in his 400th game! This one is over!
1:28: The Oilers get hemmed in their zone as they try to hold onto the lead late. Smith has 15 saves in the 3rd.
7:16: Toews sizzles a wrister crossbar and out.
11:07: Smith makes yet another stop, this time on Kane’s backhander from the wing.
12:49: SMITH! The Oilers netminder is the club’s best penalty killer with several stops, including on a few one-timers, to thwart CHI’s power play.
15:48: The Oilers will have to suppress another penalty as Sheahan is whistled down for slashing.
18:44: Kassian gets a breakaway and tries to sneak the puck 5-hole on Lehner but the keeper gets a pad on it.
20:00: The third period has begun!
SECOND PERIOD
0.0: Boqvist got the Hawks the early lead but Yamamoto struck for his second to tie it then RNH found twine for the lead. Shots after 40 are 26-23 EDM.
5:38: Another big kill for the Oilers. After the minor expired, Draisaitl dished to Yamamoto who was SO close to scoring his third with a wraparound.
7:48: More penalties. This time it’s Oscar Klefbom for hooking Kane.
8:21: The Oilers kill Sheahan’s minor.
10:53: Sheahan goes for the puck but twists up with Matthew Highmore, receiving a holding penalty.
11:35: Yamamoto looks for his third with a one-timer but Lehner gets across to make the shoulder stop.
15:10: HUUUUGE NUUUUGE! Nugent-Hopkins slaps a backhander through Lehner to give the Oilers the lead. That’s RNH’s 15th goal and 41st point! With his third helper of the evening, Draisaitl gets point 400 of his career! Smith also gets the secondary assist. | EDM 4, CHI 3
16:02: Another penalty to the Blackhawks as Zack Smith is sent to the box for slashing.
16:22: ??! The waterbug, Yamamoto, hounds on a loose puck and slips it past Robin Lehner for his SECOND of the game! That’s Yamamoto’s seventh of the season with the apples going to Nugent-Hopkins and Draisaitl! | EDM 3, CHI 3
18:15: Adam Boqvist zips it past Mike Smith for the go-ahead tally. | CHI 3, EDM 2
20:00: The second period is on!
FIRST PERIOD
0.0: An up-and-down opening 20 ends even at 2-2. Sheahan scores his seventh and Yamamoto strikes for his sixth. Shots are 13-11 EDM.
2:42: YAMO! Kailer Yamamoto cleans up the garbage in front to pot his sixth of the season and 13th point! Alex Chiasson and Leon Draisaitl grab the assist on this power-play tally. | EDM 2, CHI 2
3:41: Another minor goes to the visitors, with Toews going off for tripping.
5:41: The Oilers fail to get set, giving the Blackhawks a 3-on-1 the other way. Jonathan Toews slams home a one-timer shorthanded for the lead. | CHI 2, EDM 1
6:47: Chicago doles out six players on the ice, warranting a too many men penalty. The Oilers get the game’s first power play.
9:27: The Oilers get close to another tap-in goal after Matt Benning looked for Kailer Yamamoto at the side door but couldn’t find his blade.
14:04: Brandon Saad deposits Patrick Kane’s cross-ice feed to knot it up. | EDM 1, CHI 1
18:47: GREAT START! Josh Archibald chips the puck out on the breakout then banks it off the boards inside the O-zone, leaving it for Zack Kassian who finds Riley Sheahan on the doorstep! Sheahan picks up goal seven on the season with the helpers going to Kassian and Archibald. | EDM 1, CHI 0
20:00: Tonight’s game has begun! The Oilers will look to stay in the playoff race without Captain Connor McDavid, who is out for 2-3 weeks with a quadriceps injury.
TONIGHT’S LINEUP
Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto
Gagner – Haas – Chiasson
Archibald – Sheahan – Kassian
Khaira – Cave – P. Russell
Nurse – Bear
Klefbom – Larsson
Jones – Benning
Smith
Koskinen
OUT: Connor McDavid, James Neal, William Lagesson
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