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THIRD PERIOD
0.0: The Oilers lose 7-2 to the St. Louis Blues to conclude their three-game road trip. The team returns to action Thursday against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
1:12: Schwartz completes the hat trick with a wrist shot top shelf. | STL 7, EDM 2
1:29: Draisaitl gets a shorthanded break but can’t beat Binnington on his forehand.
5:13: Milan Lucic gets ejected from the game after bumping Sundqvist from behind. St. Louis gets a five-minute power play.
6:38: Maroon records his eighth of the season on a wraparound. | STL 6, EDM 2
6:58: Tyler Bozak’s wrist shot from outside is stopped then covered by Stolarz.
9:44: Perron, who is also looking for his third of the night, rifles the puck off the crossbar.
12:17: McDavid gets the puck over to Kassian who throws a weak shot at Binnington.
14:00: Perron makes a nifty deflection on Brayden Schenn’s shot-pass through the slot to pick up his second goal of the night and 20th of the year. | STL 5, EDM 2
14:17: Alex Chiasson goes to the sin bin for hooking. The Blues get their fourth power play of the night.
14:28: Schwartz, looking to complete the hat trick, gets a shot off on Stolarz but the keeper turns it aside.
20:00: The third period has begun!
SECOND PERIOD
0.0: The Oilers score twice in the final two minutes of play in the second. Shots are 28-13 Blues.
32.9: ZACK ATTACK! Kassian puts the puck in on a wraparound, scoring his 13th of the campaign while cutting the deficit in half. Kassian is one assist away from the Gordie Howe hat trick. | STL 4, EDM 2
1:29: NUGE! Nugent-Hopkins deposits the puck in after a bounce off the boards. He ties his career high in goals, notching his 24th of the season. The assists go to Adam Larsson and Andrej Sekera. | STL 4, EDM 1
4:32: Sam Gagner goes off for tripping. Oilers back to the kill.
6:52: Former Oilers teammates Zack Kassian and Patrick Maroon drop the mitts at centre ice in a spirited tilt.
9:32: Stolarz stays square to Ivan Barbashev’s shot from just a few feet out. Shots are 13-1 STL in the second.
12:46: Former Oiler David Perron bounces the puck in off Stolarz from behind the net. | STL 4, EDM 0
14:18: Schwartz claps a knuckler from the high slot, squeaking the puck past Koskinen to score his second of the contest. Oilers Head Coach Ken Hitchcock pulls Koskinen, bringing Anthony Stolarz in for relief. | STL 3, EDM 0
16:23: Darnell Nurse takes a cross-checking penalty, giving the Blues their second power play of the match.
19:33: Alex Pietrangelo is sprung on a breakaway, going backhand on Koskinen to score his 13th of the year. Schwartz and Oscar Sundqvist get the assists. | STL 2, EDM 0
20:00: The second period has begun.
FIRST PERIOD
0.0: Edmonton exits the period down by one due to Schwartz’s snipe. Shots are 13-5 Blues.
2:35: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins gets called for high-sticking, nullifying the Oilers man advantage.
4:23: The Oilers get the game’s first power play after Vince Dunn gets his stick up high on Connor McDavid.
8:19: Jaden Schwartz snipes the far side corner from the left circle to score his eighth of the year. | STL 1, EDM 0
8:47: Koskinen robs Vladimir Tarasenko on a breakaway, getting enough of the Russian’s wrist shot with his glove.
10:40: The Oilers fourth line busts up ice and registers the club’s first shot on goal after Kyle Brodziak’s wrister was denied by Blues keeper Jordan Binnington.
13:57: Ryan O’Reilly puts his head down and powers his way to the net, trying to pull the puck to Mikko Koskinen’s far side but gets stopped by the keeper.
20:00: Tonight’s game has begun! Oilers forward Jujhar Khaira is a late scratch.
Tonight’s #Oilers starters presented by @BostonPizza have Koskinen in net, Klefbom-Larsson on the back end & Draisaitl-McDavid-Kassian up front. #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/3tI0KLLEJu
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) March 20, 2019
TONIGHT’S LINEUP
Draisaitl – McDavid – Kassian
Lucic – Nugent-Hopkins – Gagner
Gambardella – Cave – Chiasson
Rieder – Brodziak – Rattie
Klefbom – Larsson
Nurse – Russell
Sekera – Benning
Koskinen
OUT: Puljujarvi (lower body), Khaira, Currie, Malone, Petrovic, Gravel
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