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THIRD PERIOD

0.0: The Oilers out-shoot the Jets 38-25 but fall 4-2 in the third of a four-game homestand. 

39.5: Connor puts back an empty netter to seal this one for the road team. | WPG 4, EDM 2

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2:10: Oilers Head Coach Dave Tippett pulls Smith for the extra attacker.

2:26: Shots are now 12-2 EDM in the third and 38-24 overall in favour of the home side as the Orange & Blue search for a late equalizer.

7:27: The refs miss a blatant high stick on Andreas Athanasiou as he skated up the neutral zone. The Oilers are leading the 3rd-period shot count 9-1.

11:02: McDavid tries to make a drop-pass just ahead of Hellebuyck but the Jets defence disrupts the play.

16:50: The Oilers create a bunch of chaos in front of Hellebuyck but can’t muscle the puck past him.

19:31: Kyle Connor slides the puck 5-hole on Smith take grab ahold of an early third-period lead. | WPG 3, EDM 2

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20:00: The third period has begun.

SECOND PERIOD

0.0: The Oilers and Jets trade leads in the second period, eventually settling with a 2-2 score to enter the 3rd. Shots are 26-22 Edmonton after 40.

1:37: YOU CAN’T CATCH CONNOR! Zack Kassian hooks in two Jets then sends the puck to McDavid who rushes in from the wall then out-waits Hellebuyck far side for his 34th of the season! Kassian and Nurse get the apples. | EDM 2, WPG 2

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3:32: Smith tries to play the puck but it jumps out of the goaltender’s trapezoid, allowing Patrik Laine to deposit Cody Eakin’s net-front pass for the lead. | WPG 2, EDM 1

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5:50: OH SO CLOSE! Hellebuyck gets a piece of Ennis’ weak shot after a give-and-go with Draisaitl while on a 2-on-1. The puck hops up in the air and edges close to the goal-line but doesn’t cross it, being cleared by a Jets defender.

8:26: A rebound flutters in the air before Riley Sheahan until the centreman bats it out of mid-air, being robbed by Hellebuyck on the play.

10:35: James Neal tries to break up a cross-ice pass in the Oilers zone but the puck banks off his blade and past Smith. Blake Wheeler is credited with the goal, giving him 22 on the year.| EDM 1, WPG 1

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15:19: Pionk pulls and drags a shot on net that Smith is able to handle for the whistle.

19:51: NINE SECONDS IN! Connor Hellebuyck mishandles the puck and Ennis is Johnny on the spot to trickle it past the goal-line. The Edmonton product has two goals and four points in eight games with the Oilers since being acquired. Yamamoto gets the lone assist for his 26th point of the year. | EDM 1, WPG 0

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20:00: The second period has begun!

FIRST PERIOD

0.0: Draisaitl whistles a shot high and wide on the power play as the Oilers fail to convert. Shots after 20 are 11-9 in favour of WPG.

4:49: The Oilers put pressure on the Jets, prompting Kyle Connor to take a hooking minor. After not getting a power play last game, Edmonton gets the first of the night!

8:29: McDavid, who missed the last game with an illness, looks to spark his club by making a great individual rush, forcing three jets to smother him in defence of the attack.

10:44: The net protectors keep showing up for the Oilers as Smith gets a shoulder on Adam Lowry’s sharp-angle one-timer then makes a stop on Nikolaj Ehlers off the rush.

12:42: Mark Scheifele goes to his backhand on a partial breakaway but can’t beat Smith blocker side. Yamamoto later hunts down a loose puck in the Jets’ zone, drilling Neal Pionk into the boards on the forecheck.

16:40: The Oilers get a little sloppy in their own end, leading to a Kyle Connor wrist shot from the high slot that Smith gloves emphatically.

20:00: Tonight’s game has begun! Based on warmup formations, it looks like Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will line up alongside Connor McDavid and Zack Kassian. Tyler Ennis will be with Leon Draisaitl and Kailer Yamamoto while on the blueline, Caleb Jones takes Kris Russell’s spot on the left side of Matt Benning. Mike Smith gets the start!

TONIGHT’S LINEUP

Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Kassian
Ennis – Draisaitl – Yamamoto
Athanasiou – Sheahan – Archibald
Neal – Khaira – Chiasson

Nurse – Bear
Klefbom – Larsson
Jones – Benning

Smith
Koskinen

OUT: Gaëtan Haas, Kris Russell, Patrick Russell, Mike Green

OILERS TODAY | PRE-GAME VS WPG

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