THIRD PERIOD
0.0 The Oilers fail to find twine as the club falls 4-0 to the Canadiens on Tuesday night. Edmonton will head back to Oil Country to prepare for a date with the Calgary Flames on Friday.
2:51: Barrie goes into the boards for a uck battle with Anderson but gets brought down by the Canadiens forward. Anderson sits two minutes for tripping.
5:54: Draisaitl tries to bank the puck in off Price’s mask from behind the goal-line but can’t fool the keeper.
9:24: McDavid enters the Habs’ zone and drops for Kassian but the winger’s shot sifts wide of the far post.
12:11: The Oilers have the only two shots of the third period but continue to be out-shot 25-13 overall.
15:11: Nurse sweeps the puck on net from the corner but nobody is home to fetch for the rebound or cause disruption on Price.
16:47: The Oilers neutralize their fourth penalty of the evening.
20:00: The third period is under way with the Canadiens on the man advantage.
SECOND PERIOD
0.0: The Oilers trail 4-0 after 40 minutes. Shots are 26-11 in favour of Montreal.
13.6: Barrie gets called for hooking Nick Suzuki.
2:06: Tatar puts back a one-timer after a turnover in the Oilers zone. Habs go up by four. | MTL 4, EDM 0
6:09: McDavid fires a laser top corner on a 3-on-1 but Jesse Puljujärvi has to extend his back leg on the entrance, going offside to have the goal called back.
10:16: The pipe echoes after Barrie kisses the post with a blast from the point. The Oilers still can’t solve Carey Price and the Canadiens.
13:05: Gallagher brings Ethan Bear down to warrant a tripping call. Another chance on the man advantage goes to the Oilers.
13:18: Kassian tips Turris’ shot from the half-wall but the Oilers don’t get much going offensively other than that on the power play.
15:59: Oilers Head Coach Dave Tippett shuffles up his line combinations and defence pairings, putting RNH-Draisaitl-Yamamoto together and Kassian-McDavid-Puljujarvi as a unit. Habs defender Alexander Romanov takes a cross-checking minor in front of the Canadiens’ net to give the Oilers their first power-play opportunity.
20:00: The second period has begun!
FIRST PERIOD
0.0: Edmonton kills a third minor to limit the damage to three goals against. The club has work to do in the remaining 40.
2:34: Connor McDavid throws a high hit at Kotkaniemi and gets called for roughing.
4:01: Brendan Gallagher jumps on an open puck in the Oilers crease to extend the lead to three. | MTL 3, EDM 0
6:06: The Canadiens hound the Oilers cage but can’t put the puck past the goal-line as Phillip Danault misses on the backhand and Tomas Tatar can’t beat Koskinen on the rebound.
10:20: Turris pops out of the box and pounces on a loose puck, ripping it off the pipe and out. Oilers are 2-or-2 on the PK.
12:33: Kyle Turris heads to the box for holding. Oilers go shorthanded for the second time of the period.
15:13: Ding ding! William Lagesson looks to provide a spark for the Oilers by dropping the mitts with Josh Anderson. Anderson lands a blow to bring Lagesson down but the Swede held his own in his first NHL career fight.
16:37: The Oilers kill the unsuccessful coach’s challenge penalty but Artturi Lehkonen slams a backhander in after it expires to put Montreal up by a pair. | MTL 2, EDM 0
19:42: No rust after the break for Montreal as Jesperi Kotkaniemi slips the puck under Koskinen’s pad on the first shot of the game. The Oilers challenge for offside on the play but lose it, being penalized with a minor. Edmonton is down one and goes to the penalty kill. | MTL 1, EDM 0
20:00: Tonight’s game has begun! Mikko Koskinen gets the ball in net as the Oilers roll out the same lineup that won in overtime against Toronto last night.
TONIGHT’S LINEUP
Draisaitl – McDavid – Puljujärvi
Nugent-Hopkins – Turris – Yamamoto
Ennis – Haas – Kassian
Shore – Khaira – Archibald
Nurse – Barrie
Lagesson – Larsson
K. Russell – Bear
Koskinen
Smith
OUT: Caleb Jones, Dominik Kahun, Alex Chiasson
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