THIRD PERIOD
0.0: OILERS WIN! McDavid scores two goals, Barrie collects a pair of assists and Koskinen stops 24 pucks to ground the Jets 2-1. The two clubs will go at it again on Saturday!
1:09: Nugent-Hopkins dumps the puck into Winnipeg’s open net but the Jets challenge for offside and the call is reversed. The Oilers still need to hold onto their lead.
4:49: Puljujärvi is robbed by Brossoit on a goalmouth attempt. Oilers continue pushing for the insurance goal with the lead as time winds down.
6:22: Draisaitl filters a pass over to Kahun on the rush but he sends the puck high and off the mark.
8:55: Paul Stastny kisses the crossbar with a shot from the left dot.
11:30: Adam Larsson joins the rush as the late man, firing a wrist shot that Brossoit snares.
14:50: The Jets get close to tying it up once again with a high deflection that goes just wide of the net.
18:28: The Jets fly out to some early pressure but nothing dangerous comes of it.
20:00: The puck has dropped on the third period.
SECOND PERIOD
0.0: The second period comes to a close with McDavid potting a pair to put the Oilers up 2-1 heading into the third. Shots are 18-15 WPG.
1:35: SO CLOSE! Nugent-Hopkins goes cross-ice to McDavid, who looks for Archibald on the doorstep.
2:50: Blake Wheeler sees the puck skip past him as he drives for the net. Winnipeg has had plenty of looks but a few fortunate bounces go the Oilers way.
5:04: Koskinen gets some help from his best friend, the post, on Kyle Connor’s wide-open attempt from the side of the cage.
Tyson Barrie (0-2—2) is the first defenseman to record 30 points this season (4-26—30 in 33 GP). He required the fewest outings by an @EdmontonOilers defenseman to reach the mark since 1986-87, when Paul Coffey (7-23—30) accomplished the feat in just 22 contests. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/GjCB0svPKf
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) March 19, 2021
6:39: THE NO-LOOKER! McDavid approaches on a 2-on-1 with RNH and looks pass all the way until he chooses to go far side AGAIN for his 20th of the year. Barrie nabs point 30(!) with an assist and Kassian gets the other. | EDM 2, WPG 1
7:17: Nate Thompson shoots and Perreault tips it through Koskinen’s wickets for the equalizer. | EDM 1, WPG 1
12:32: One penalty taken, one penalty killed as the Oilers do a good job of preventing the Jets from getting anything set up.
15:07: Nugent-Hopkins is called for tripping. The Oilers go to the penalty kill for the first time tonight.
16:07: DAVO! The Oilers Captain picks the puck off the boards then walks in from the right circle to go far side on Brossoit. McDavid nets his 19th goal of the season and 57th point. Assists go to the boys on the blueline, Tyson Barrie and Darnell Nurse. | EDM 1, WPG 0
16:58: MIKK🛑! The ‘tendy stops Mathieu Perreault from point-blank not once but twice off a defensive zone faceoff.
17:05: Trevor Lewis busts in on a breakaway but loses the handle right before Koskinen for the easy cover.
20:00: The second period has begun!
FIRST PERIOD
Tight-checking opening 20 & it’s a 0-0 game. #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/gEVa9WgChy
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) March 19, 2021
0.0: It’s anyone’s game after 20 minutes as the Jets lead the shot count 6-4.
1:40: McDavid’s half-clapper from the left dot stands as the Oilers best opportunity on the man advantage but the club goes 0-for-1.
5:01: McDavid keeps his feet moving to draw an interference call against Derek Forbort. Edmonton goes to the power play.
6:53: Nikolaj Ehlers pops an unsuspecting puck at the net and Koskinen quickly gets into the butterfly position for the stop.
8:48: Shots are 3-3 halfway through the frame as the clubs continue finding their legs. Both sides are playing their second game in two nights.
11:15: Kahun goes up top to Jones, who has all sorts of room to walk in and shoot but sends it wide.
15:31: Connor McDavid moves to the middle of the ice in the offensive zone and releases a sneaky wrister that Brossoit stops.
17:36: Nygard makes a great play to spring Alex Chiasson and Devin Shore on a 2-on-1. Chiasson elects to keep and shoot, being denied by Jets keeper Laurent Brossoit.
19:39: Koskinen is tested right out of the gate with a Neal Pionk wrister from the right circle.
20:00: Tonight’s game has begun! Kailer Yamamoto appears to be a late scratch as Josh Archibald took line rushes with Leon Draisaitl and Dominik Kahun. Joakim Nygard, who was recalled earlier in the day, rounds out the fourth line. Caleb Jones steps in for William Lagesson on the blueline and Mikko Koskinen starts in goal.
TONIGHT’S LINEUP
GAME ON.
The #Oilers & Jets are underway on @Sportsnet West & @630CHED.#LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/yv7KizdAcX
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) March 19, 2021
Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Puljujärvi
Kahun – Draisaitl – Archibald
Ennis – Haas – Kassian
Nygard – Shore – Chiasson
Nurse – Barrie
Jones – Larsson
K. Russell – Bear
Koskinen
Smith
OUT: William Lagesson, Jujhar Khaira, Kailer Yamamoto
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