THIRD PERIOD

0:00: GAME OVER!! OILERS WIN! THE SERIES IS TIED GOING BACK TO EDMONTON!

3:12: Flames powerplay. Nuge is sent to the box for slashing.

6:04: HUGE SAVE SMITH! After the Flames create some pressure, Gaudreau is robbed again by the goaltender’s glove!

7:42: ANOTHER  BREAKAWAY GOAL! Draisaitl gets a little space and snipes it off the post and in! EDM 5, CGY 3

9:46: SHORTY!!! ZACH HYMAN GETS THE BREAKAWAY GOAL! The winger snipes it glove side on Markstrom! EDM 4, CGY 3

9:58: Flames to the powerplay. Foegele is called for slashing on the pinching Rasmus Andersson.

11:28: Smitty’s glove is running HOT tonight! Another big stop on Coleman!

14:23: Barrie launches one on Markstrom but there was no traffic out front. Shots are currently 32-28 in the Oilers favour.

20:00: Puck dropped! Time to find a winner!

SECOND PERIOD

0:00: The second is over! Oilers will start the final frame with a powerplay as they’ve clawed back to tie this game!

0:48: More mayhem in front of the net! Coleman barrels into Mike Smith and is called for the penalty! Barrie and Mangiapane get coincidental minors for roughing. Oilers powerplay!!!

Evan Bouchard has scored 3 PPG this season (regular season and playoffs).
All 3 have been vs Calgary.
Sniped 2 Bouch-Bombs vs the Flames on January 22nd.

— Bob Stauffer (@Bob_Stauffer) May 21, 2022

4:57: TIE GAME!! BOUCHARD STEPS INTO ONE! The defenceman hammers one past Markstrom with enough time to allow the Oilers to have the second powerplay! EDM 3, CGY 3

6:57: Oilers powerplay! Stone is sent to the box for a high sticking double minor!! BIG moment here!

7:47: Hyman with the mitts! Zach goes in alone on Markstrom with the forehand-backhand deke, but just cant get the puck high enough to beat the Flames goalie.

9:29: Smith flashes the leather on Gaudreau and the puck ricochet’s out of play. Shots are currently 23-20 in favour of Calgary.

16:55: THIS ONE WILL COUNT! McDavid with the give and go with Keith and the captain demonstrates UNBELIEVABLE hands for the tally! EDM 2, CGY 3

17:27: Oilers score after some McDavid magic, but the Flames challenge for goaltender interference and it is overturned. McDavid torched the Flames defence, but his momentum took him into Markstrom.

17:56: Flames goal. More broken stick bad luck as Toffoli scores with Nurse down his twig. EDM 1, CGY 3

18:50: Oiler called for too-many-men. Flames head to the powerplay early in the period.

20:00: Back underway! Let’s carry on that momentum!

FIRST PERIOD

0:00: Period over. The Oilers push hard in the second half of the period, outshooting Calgary 13-12 in the first frame!

0:51: Oilers powerplay! Zadorov is called for hooking!

2:03: NUGE from in close! RNH with the one-timer, but he just can’t beat Markstrom. The rebound was cleared just in the nick of time. for the Flames.

3:37: UGH!! The puck goes into the Flames net after some good forechecking by the Oilers but the whistle went before it crossed the line. No goal.

6:22: OILERS GOAL!!! Duncan Keith fires a shot past Markstrom after some HEAVY pressure in the Flames zone! EDM 1, CGY 2

10:17: Bouchard is called for cross-checking, but Gaudreau is whistled for embellishment for coincidental penalties. Lindholm takes an extra roughing penalty so the Oilers will go on the powerplay shortly. Penalty boxes are filling up!

11:32: SO CLOSE!! Yamamoto tips a point shot in close which is kicked aside by Markstrom. McLeod follows up but is denied by the Flames goalie.

13:16: Oilers powerplay! A big moment early in the game as Blake Coleman roughs Evan Bouchard and is sent to the box.

13:58: Calgary goal. Brett Ritchie chips in a loose rebound to get another. EDM 0, CGY 2

16:58: Flames goal. Stone with a couple blasts from the point with Calgary at an advantage due to a busted Zach Hyman stick. EDM 0, CGY 1

18:57: SMITTY FLASHES THE LEATHER! Gaudreau dashes into the Oilers zone and fires a wrister up high, which is snatched by the Oilers goaltender!

20:00: Game ON! Lets go Oilers!

Warmup. ✅#LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/BrBovKqkvA

— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) May 21, 2022

20:00: Teams are out on the ice for warm-ups!

20:00: Game 2 tonight at Scotiabank Saddledome will start at 8:37 PM MT.

TONIGHT’S LINEUP: