THIRD PERIOD

0.0: GAME OVER!!! It wasn’t a pretty finish, but the Oilers pull through. Warren Foegele’s goal will go down as the game-winner in what was a very up-and-down contest after the Oilers led 4-1 but relinquished their lead. Nonetheless, it’s three-straight wins and two big points for the Oilers as they head into Thursday’s match against the Buffalo Sabres here again at Rogers Place.

1:09: KANE EMPTY-NETTER WILL SEAL THE DEAL!!! | EDM 7, DET 5

2:05: Nedeljkovic heads to the bench for the extra attacker.

4:38: Draisaitl hooks Joe Veleno, but Veleno gets two minutes as well for embellishment. Even-up call and we’ll play 4-on-4.

5:45: IT FINDS ITS WAY IN!!! Warren Foegele spins around and sends it on net and it takes a deflection off Staal and sneaks through Nedeljkovic’s five-hole. Josh Archibald picks up an assist for his first point since returning to the Oilers. | EDM 6, DET 5

10:41: Staal takes a slashing call. Crucial Oilers powerplay is coming up.

13:28: Puck is taken off Koskinen’s stick behind the Oilers net by Dylan Larkin before popping out front and being buried by Lucas Raymond. This game has another twist. | EDM 5, DET 5

15:45: GET IT BACK, KANER!!! Evander Kane comes into the Detroit zone 2-on-2 with McDavid and has his first shot blocked before he picked it up and went far side with his second opportunity to restore the Oilers lead. Yamamoto picks up an assist on the play, along with Bouchard. | EDM 5, DET 4

17:08: Marc Staal ties the game with his second of the night. Two quick strikes from Detroit has us level at four. | EDM 4, DET 4

17:42: Filip Zadina wires a one-timer home to make it a one-goal game. | EDM 4, DET 3

18:27: Leon Draisaitl give a small slash in the neutral zone to Lucas Raymond and the ref is going to call two minutes. Detroit will get their first powerplay.

20:00: The third period is underway! Let’s close these two points out.

SECOND PERIOD

0.0: Detroit gets one late in what was a low-event period. The important thing is the Oilers have a two-goal lead to protect in the final 20 minutes.

1:54: Sam Gagner has a goal against his former club. From behind the net, it finds its way through Koskinen. There were some muttled cheers in Rogers Place when that one went in. | EDM 4, DET 2

2:23: Koskinen comes waaaaaay out and stops Vladislav Namestnikov from coming in alone on a breakaway with a big poke check.

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6:24: Koskinen with another beauty glove save! He robbed former Oiler Sam Gagner.

13:08: Detroit gets punished for a Too Many Men penalty. The Oilers will get their second powerplay after converting the first through Yamamoto.

20:00: The second period is UNDERWAY!

FIRST PERIOD

0.0: The Oilers open things up on the Red Wings with three goals in the opening 4:35 of the hockey game and lead 4-1 after 20 minutes with goals from Shore, McDavid, Hyman and Yamamoto. Great period!

1:23: OILERS POWER-PLAY GOAL!!! Kailer Yamamoto is really warming up to that net-front role on the man advantage. He takes a low cross-crease from Connor McDavid and quickly one-touches his 14th goal of the season past Nedeljkovic. | EDM 4, DET 1

2:44: Adam Erne goes a little too hard in front of the Oilers net and roughs up Tyson Barrie, earning him two minutes. First PP of the night goes to Edmonton!

4:39: BIG glove save by Koskinen on Staal, who already has a goal for Detroit. For all that dominance early by the Oilers, the Red Wings have now surpassed them in offensive-zone ice time with 4 minutes 1 second to Edmonton’s 3 minutes 51 seconds.

9:24: After waiting for a 2-0 deficit to register their first shot, the Red Wings are now leading the Oilers 9-7 in the shot department after digging themselves an early hole.

11:14: A Marc Staal clapper finds its way through traffic and past Mikko Koskinen, who had no chance seeing that one. Four goals in this opening 10 minutes. | EDM 3, DET 1

15:25: HYMAN HITS TWENTY!!! Detroit? More like THREE-troit, and the Oilers are off to a flier. Zach Hyman comes through the danger area and backhands goal #20 on the season in to make it a three-goal Oilers lead. He needs one more marker to match his career-high of 21 in ’18-19 and ’20-21 with the Maple Leafs. Thomas Greiss is being replaced by Alex Nedeljkovic in the Detroit goal.

16:15: Detroit has the puck in the back of the Oilers net but it came off an EGREGIOUS high stick that the referee quickly waves off.

16:49: DOUBLE TROUBLE!!! The Red Wings haven’t even got out of their zone yet and it’s a two-goal deficit for the visitors. McDavid fights his 33rd goal of the season through the five-hole of Thomas Greiss. | EDM 2, DET 0

18:01: SHORESY SCORES FIRST!!! The Oilers have an early lead off a tip by Devin Shore, who was placed right in front of the Detroit net to deflect Derek Ryan’s shot from the top of the circle for his fourth of the season. Philip Broberg picks up his second career NHL assist with the secondary helper. | EDM 1, DET 0

18:07: Oilers open the game with full possession in the Detroit end. They force the Red Wings into taking an icing, which won’t help.

20:00: PUCK DROP!!! Let’s make it three in a row and keep this ball rolling.

20:00: Hold on tight for anthems and we’ll be underway here at Rogers Place.

All eyez on Foegzzz.

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20:00: Puck drop on tonight’s game will be at 7:07 pm MT.

 

TONIGHT’S LINEUP

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