THIRD PERIOD
0.0: Sweeping sensation! The Oilers keep their perfect streak alive against the Senators, winning their seventh game against the club this season and taking the three-game series with a 6-2 victory. McDavid culls a goal and two assists while Ennis, Draisaitl and Barrie pot two points apiece. Smith stops 23 of 25 shots.
4:10: Gaëtan On The Board! Gaëtan Haas does a pretty deke then goes 5-hole to score his second goal of the year! Daccord appeared to be injured after the play but stays in the game. | EDM 6, OTT 2
6:27: Ryan Dzingel is guilty of a holding penalty. Edmonton will get a power play for 1:54 once Ennis is out of the box.
8:21: Ennis will sit two minutes for high sticking.
8:25: The Oilers are leading the shot count 36-23 with less than 10 minutes to play.
14:55: ENNIS WITH EASE! The Sens misplay the puck out front, leaving a gift of a goal for Tyler Ennis. He notches his third tally of the year. The lone assist goes to Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. | EDM 5, OTT 2
18:41: Drake Batherson eyes Smith’s far-side but his shot goes wide of the cage.
20:00: The puck has dropped on the third frame!
SECOND PERIOD
0.0: The Oilers double up on the Sens in the middle frame with a pair of markers courtesy of Nurse and Draisaitl. The Orange & Blue out-shoot Ottawa 17-8 in the 2nd.
#Oilers Leon Draisaitl sets record for the most points by an opponent in a single season vs the Senators with 17 pic.twitter.com/LE519gni07
— Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) March 13, 2021
1:10: THE DUO! McDavid circles the net then sifts it over to Draisaitl for a one-timer that finds the back of the net. That’s No. 29’s 15th of the season, which comes on the man advantage. McDavid gets his third point of the evening with an apple and Barrie collects his second point with an assist. | EDM 4, OTT 2
1:54: Stützle takes a high-sticking minor. Edmonton heads to the power play.
2:44: Nick Paul shoots out on a partial breakaway but can’t solve Smith, who extends his left leg for the save.
6:05: WHAT’S UP, DOC!? Darnell Nurse grabs the puck off the boards then peddles in and lifts a wrist shot high blocker to restore Edmonton’s lead. Nurse has eight goals on the season now. Patrick Russell picks up a helper. | EDM 3, OTT 2
8:49: McDavid weaves his way in the attacking zone but gets tripped up by Evgenii Dadonov. Edmonton will go back to the power play to respond after Tkachuk’s goal.
10:41: Brady Tkachuk slides in Tim Stützle’s doorstep feed to tie it up. | EDM 2, OTT 2
11:02: Gaëtan Haas takes a slashing minor. Ottawa gets their first power play.
12:24: Wild Bill! William Lagesson pulls and drags his way to the net but can’t stuff the puck in.
14:42: Draisaitl tries to connect with McDavid down low but the puck bounces off the Oilers Captain’s skate and into the corner. Shots are 14-12 EDM.
16:33: Jones goes for a twirl down to the goal-line then sends a pass cross-crease to Jesse Puljujarvi but his one-timer from the doorstep is stymied by Daccord.
20:00: The second period is under way!
FIRST PERIOD
0.0: Barrie’s top-shelf wrister has the Oilers up 2-1 after 20 minutes. Shots are 12-10 EDM.
1:22: McDavid keeps the puck in at the offensive blueline then finds Draisaitl near the net but the German’s backhander is stopped.
Assisting on a 2-1 @EdmontonOilers goal in the opening frame against the Senators tonight, Connor McDavid becomes the 1st player to reach the 50 point mark before his team’s 30th game in back-to-back seasons since Pat Lafontaine and Mario Lemieux both did it in 1991-92 & 1992-93 pic.twitter.com/Lfaok7Hs56
— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) March 13, 2021
6:15: BARRIE NICE SNIPE! McDavid sends a backhand pass to Tyson Barrie and he steps in from the line to snipe Daccord blocker side for his fourth of the season! McDavid captures point No. 50 of the year! | EDM 2, OTT 1
8:56: Draisaitl gears towards the goal on a great individual effort but Daccord denies his shot and the follow-up from James Neal. Oilers go 0-for-1 on the power play.
11:07: The Sens storm out with early energy after giving up the first goal. They out-shoot the Oilers 7-2 but Mike Reilly takes the game’s first penalty to give the Orange & Blue a power play.
16:54: Thomas Chabot gets a lucky bounce off of Tyson Barrie’s skate to knot this one up. | EDM 1, OTT 1
19:50: QUICK START! Connor McDavid takes a sharp-angle shot and it knuckles through Joey Daccord as the Oilers score 10 seconds in! That’s goal No. 17 and point 49 for the Oilers Captain. Assists go to Leon Draisaitl and Kailer Yamamoto. | EDM 1, OTT 0
20:00: Tonight’s Hockey Fights Cancer Night game has begun! Caleb Jones draws back in on the blueline for the injured Kris Russell and Mike Smith gets the nod in net.
#HockeyFightsCancer | #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/96Z4ibY5Zc
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) March 13, 2021
TONIGHT’S LINEUP
Draisaitl – McDavid – Yamamoto
Ennis – Nugent-Hopkins – Puljujärvi
Shore – Khaira – P. Russell
Neal – Haas – Chiasson
Nurse – Barrie
Lagesson – Larsson
Jones – Bear
Smith
Koskinen
OUT: Kris Russell, Dominik Kahun, Josh Archibald
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