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THIRD PERIOD
0.0: End game! Wild outshot the Oilers 33-31.
2:12: Joel Eriksson Ek gets called for slashing, giving the Oilers their first power play of the game.
2:51: HELLO NURSE! Darnell Nurse took a feed from Draisaitl and rifled it in to make it a five-goal gap. | EDM 7, MIN 2
6:12: CHIASSER! Alex Chiasson’s quick release in front after receiving a feed from Jujhar Khaira beat Stalock and made it 6-2 for the home side. | EDM 6, MIN 2
9:26: CONNOR TO DRAI AGAIN! On his second effort, McDavid gets the puck to Draisaitl who fires the puck by Stalock to put the Oilers back up by three. | EDM 5, MIN 2
Make it 2️⃣ on the night for 2️⃣9️⃣ #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/dyaw2dqJjx
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) December 8, 2018
12:28: Minnesota got a goal back when Nino Niederreiter redirected the puck past Talbot from the top of the crease. | EDM 4, MIN 2
12:35: Oilers had the only three shots through the first 7:25 of the third period.
18:09: ZACK CASHES IN! Zack Kassian wired a wrist shot from just past the blueline past Stalock to regain Edmonton’s three-goal lead. | EDM 4, MIN 1
20:00: Period three has begun.
SECOND PERIOD
0.0: After two, shots on goal were 23-22 for Minnesota.
9:10: Talbot makes a couple of big stops on the Wild’s Coyle to keep it a two-goal game. Oscar Klefbom then gets called for holding the stick to send Minnesota back on the man advantage.
11:18: Shots on goal were 17-12 for the Oilers near the midway point.
13:54: Zykov was called for holding up Charlie Coyle in the neutral zone.
14:22: McDavid uses his speed to drive the net and just narrowly misses the deke attempt in close.
15:18: McDavid and Draisaitl worked a give-and-go but Stalock was big in sliding across to make the stop.
20:00: Period two is underway.
Willie McNelson says it's 2nd period time. #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/iYDWcwyILM
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) December 8, 2018
FIRST PERIOD
0.0: After one, shots on goal were 13-9 for the Oilers.
9:22: Minnesota got a goal back on a wrist shot from the top of the right circle by Marcus Foligno. | EDM 3, MIN 1
11:18: Wild replace Dubnyk in goal with Alex Stalock.
11:18: CONNOR! McDavid wrists a shot from the high slot past a screened Dubnyk to make it a 3-0 game. | EDM 3, MIN 0
12:16: NUGE MAKES IT 2-0! Dubnyk stopped Nugent-Hopkins’ initial dump in but had trouble handling it. Nugent-Hopkins then drove to the net and poked in the rebound. | EDM 2, MIN 0
12:57: Valentin Zykov found Ryan Spooner in front on a two-on-one but Spooner’s shot was turned away by Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk.
15:46: MCDAVID TO DRAI! Connor McDavid skated up ice and spotted Leon Draisaitl at the left faceoff circle with a cross-ice pass. | EDM 1, MIN 0
These guys… ?? #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/o0AW1mMBo8
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) December 8, 2018
20:00: Tonight’s game is now underway.
TONIGHT’S LINEUP
Draisaitl – McDavid – Chiasson
Khaira – Nugent-Hopkins – Puljujarvi
Lucic – Brodziak – Kassian
Zykov – Spooner – Rattie
Klefbom – Larsson
Nurse – Russell
Gravel – Benning
Talbot
OUT: Sekera (achilles), Rieder (upper body), Caggiula (hand), Garrison, Wideman, Marody
OILERS TODAY | PRE-GAME VS. MIN