2 4

THIRD PERIOD

0.0: Oilers come up short in a 4-2 loss.

1:10: Shots are 29-23 for the Oilers with time winding down.

9:39: The penalty was killed off. Shots on goal are now 25-20 for the Oilers; 6-3 Leafs in the period.

11:46: McDavid received two minutes for holding, sending the Leafs on the power play.

16:02: Just after the penalty expired, McDavid got in behind the Leafs defence, deked then fired the puck high on Andersen to make it a two-goal game. | TOR 4, EDM 2

18:36: Mitch Marner gets two minutes for hooking, giving the Oilers power play another chance to make something happen.

20:00: Period three has begun. Jonas Gustavsson is now between the pipes for the Oilers, replacing Cam Talbot who leaves having stopped 10 of 14 shots.

SECOND PERIOD

0.0: Shots after two periods were 22-14 for the Oilers; 10-7 in the middle frame itself.

25.0: Draisaitl wired a shot off the post on a one-timer from the right circle.

2:02: Coming out of the box, Hyman picked up a loose puck and fired it past Talbot to extend Toronto’s lead. | TOR 4, EDM 1

4:23: Zach Hyman gets sent off for hooking. Result is an Oilers two-man advantage for the next 1:05.

5:18: Kadri levels Larsson and gets two for charging then slashes Larsson. Larsson retaliates and result is an Oilers power play: Kadri two for slashing, two for charging. Larsson two for roughing.

6:49: Patrick Maroon took an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for spraying snow on Leafs goalie Andersen, giving Toronto a man advantage.

9:00: Shots on goal are now 15-12 for the Oilers.

14:00: Toronto got that goal right back when Matt Benning gave the puck up to Leo Komarov, who dished it to Kadri. Kadri slipped the puck past Talbot for the marker. | TOR 3, EDM 1

15:10: Oilers finally get on the board when Andrej Sekera tees up a blast from the right point past Andersen to make it a 2-1 game. | TOR 2, EDM 1

17:11: Toronto doubles their lead when James van Riemsdyk is all alone in front and puts a rebound home past Talbot. | TOR 2, EDM 0

20:00: Period two has begun.

FIRST PERIOD

0.0: After one period, the Oilers trailed but were outshooting the Leafs 12-7.

1:40: Andersen makes a great glove save on a wrist shot from the left circle by Leon Draisaitl.

2:28: Tempers get heated between both clubs near the benches and there’s some pushing and shoving. Result is two for roughing to both Matt Hendricks and James van Riemsdyk meaning the two teams will play four-on-four.

3:19: Oilers fired three shots on goal during the man advantage but could not score.

5:31: Nazem Kadri gets two for interference to put the Oilers back on the PP.

10:30: Shots are even at 5-5.

14:15: Just as the penalty expired, William Nylander spotted Matthews on the doorstep with a seeing-eye pass. Matthews made no mistake, directing the puck in past Talbot to put the visitors in front. | TOR 1, EDM 0

15:56: With the two teams playing four-on-four, Nugent-Hopkins wires a shot off the post behind Leafs goaltender Fredrik Andersen.

16:15: The power play is short lived as Milan Lucic gets two for interference.

16:44: Connor McDavid gets upended in the neutral zone by Auston Matthews and result is the first power play of the game going to Edmonton.

17:47: Neither team with a shot on goal just over two minutes into the game. The atmosphere in the buliding is electric with Oilers fans and Leafs fans trying to outshout one another.

20:00: Tonight’s game is now underway.

TONIGHT’S LINEUP

Lucic – McDavid – Eberle
Maroon – Nugent-Hopkins – Puljujarvi
Caggiula – Draisaitl – Pouliot
Hendricks – Letestu – Kassian

Klefbom – Larsson
Sekera – Russell
Nurse – Benning

Talbot

Out:
Davidson (injured), Pakarinen (injured), Gryba (healthy), Pitlick (healthy)

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