THIRD PERIOD
0.0: The Oilers fall 4-1 to the Flames Rookies in Round 2 of the Battle of Alberta. Lavoie tallies Edmonton’s lone goal and goalie Ilya Konovalov shows well in his first start with the Orange & Blue as Calgary nets a pair of late empty-netters. Main Camp begins on Wednesday!
54.4: Pelletier adds another into an empty net for Calgary. | CGY 4, EDM 1
1:37: Empty-netter. Pospisil gets his second of the game. | CGY 3, EDM 1
8:33: James Hamblin takes a cross-check up high from Whynot, popping the Edmonton native’s helmet off and drawing the penalty. The Oilers with a vital power-play opportunity here.
9:05: Edmonton still seeking the tying goal, with Calgary’s physicality drawing out this final frame.
20:00: The final period begins with the Oilers rookies down a goal.
SECOND PERIOD
o.o: Francis’ top-shelf tally just under three minutes into the second period gives the Flames a 2-1 lead heading into the final frame.
0.35: Niemelainen awards Calgary a late PP in the second. Just over 30 seconds to go in this period.
4:43: Drew Englot and Greg Moro go hard into the Calgary corner and the Flames defender comes off worse for wear, drawing a boarding call in the process. It’s been a second period headlined by penalties.
13:38: Edmonton heads to its fourth PP of the night with Lucas Ciona in the box for hooking. Hamblin, Lavoie, and Tullio are out there for the Oilers up front with Bourgault and Niemelainen on the blue line.
16:43: Bourgault trips up Whynot. Calgary to the PP.
17:20: Ryan Francis goes top shelf to give the Flames the lead early here in the middle frame. That’s the Calgary centre’s second goal of Rookie Camp. CGY 2, EDM 1
20:00: The second period begins with the Oilers Rookies having 26 seconds of PP time.
FIRST PERIOD
0.0: Through 20 minutes here at the Scotiabank Saddledome, we’re level at one with a PP goal from each side thanks to Lavoie and Pospisil.
1:34: Philip Broberg cuts down the left-hand side of Calgary’s zone and draws the hook from Pospisil. Edmonton with a late PP opportunity here in the openign frame.
4:19: Pospisil finishes off the tic-tac-toe passing play for Calgary in front to level the score. Both tallies have come on the PP tonight. | EDM 1, CGY 1
5:06: After a parade of penalties for Calgary to begin this game, the Flames will head to the power play with Dino Kambeitz heading to the sin bin for holding.
7:51: Edmonton gets an extended look at 5-on-3 after that go-ahead goal from Lavoie with Jakob Pelletier heading to the box.
8:02: RAPHIE!!! Tullio down low works it to Bourgault, who fires a fast pass across ice to a wide-open Lavoie at the right circle, burying it into the open cage. | EDM 1, CGY 0
8:13: With 15 seconds left on Whynot’s first infraction, the Oilers Rookies get a 5-on-3 opportunity with Martin Pospisil in the box.
9:59: Cameron Whynot comes across the blueline and checks Simon Kubicek from behind, giving the Oilers the first man advantage of the night.
11:31: Konovalov shows great lateral movement to stop a one-timer from the left circle with the left pad off a cross-ice feed in the Oilers zone.
17:01: Devin Brosseau gets sprung on a half-breakway, but sends his snap shot into the chest of Flames netminder Dustin Wolf.
20:00: DROP THE PUCK! Ilya Konovalov’s long-awaited arrival in the Oilers crease has finally come with the Russian getting the nod in goal. The Oilers start with the same starting five as Saturday with James Hamblin, Raphael Lavoie and Xavier Bourgault starting in front of Philip Broberg and Filip Berglund.
TONIGHT’S LINEUP
Edmonton Oilers
Lavoie – Hamblin – Bourgault
Petrov – Rybinski – Tullio
Safin – Englot – Kambeitz
Soderlund – Brosseau – Burns
Broberg – Berglund
Kaldis – Kemp
Niemelainen – Kesselring
Kubicek
Konovalov
Rodrigue
OUT: Ethan Kruger, Dmitri Samorukov, Jake Chiasson
Calgary Flames
Pospisil – Zary – Duehr
Pelletier – Nikolaev – Zavgorodniy
Emilio Pettersen – Francis – King
Ciona – Kerins – Huckins
Solovyov – Kuznetsov
Poirier – Poolman
Whynot – Moro / Wilson
Wolf
OILERS TODAY | Pre-Game at CGY