THIRD PERIOD
0.0: OILERS WIN! Edmonton defeats the Vancouver Canucks 5-3 to book their ticket to the playoffs! McDavid nets four points, Draisaitl gets two helpers and Pujujärvi chips in with a goal & assist. Koskinen makes 20 saves!
1:00: 4 POINTS FOR 97! McDavid ices this one with an empty-netter for his second of the game and fourth point, bringing him nine points from 100! | EDM 5, VAN 3
3:27: Boeser releases a lightning-quick wrister off a faceoff to get Vancouver within one. | EDM 4, VAN 3
6:15: Nugent-Hopkins gets two great looks but Holtby stops them both to keep it a two-goal game for the Canucks.
9:56: Draisaitl dangles his way to the net, chipping a light shot on Holtby but being stopped by the keeper’s blocker.
13:14: Shots are 5-1 Edmonton in the third period after Ennis’ backhander is stopped by Holtby.
20:00: The third period has begun! The Oilers are 20 minutes away from securing their berth in the 2021 NHL Playoffs.
SECOND PERIOD
0.0: Barrie, McDavid and Kahun put the Oilers in charge to enter the final 20 minutes of play. Koskinen is up to 13 saves this evening.
44.1: PASSING PERFECTION! Dominik Kahun BLASTS home his seventh of the campaign after some great passing by the Oilers. Dmitry Kulikov gets the primary assist for his first point as an Oiler and Nugent-Hopkins picks up the secondary helper as the Oilers restore the two-goal lead. | EDM 4, VAN 2
2:44: J.T. Miller answers just 41 seconds after McDavid’s tally with a silky backhander to make it a one-goal game. | EDM 3, VAN 2
…Connor McDavid🤯@cmcdavid97 became the third player in NHL history to record 30 goals and 60 assists in 50 games or fewer. His company? Pretty good. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/i83m4d6qo3
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) May 4, 2021
3:25: THE CAPTAIN! McDavid puts some mustard on a wrist shot, zipping the puck right through Holtby for his 30th goal of the season and 90th point! That’s five consecutive 30-goal seasons for No. 97, who has three points tonight and is 10 away from the century mark. | EDM 3, VAN 1
8:12: Nurse launches a wrister into Holtby’s breadbasket as the Oilers register their fifth shot on goal of the period.
11:26: Koskinen gets across to deny Brock Boeser’s heavy one-timer, helping suppress Vancouver’s man advantage.
13:58: Archibald trips up big defender Tyler Myers, sending the Canucks to the power play.
15:30: The Oilers fail to generate a shot on the power play.
18:09: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins draws a hooking minor against Quinn Hughes. Edmonton gets the game’s first man advantage.
19:42: BARRIE PICKIN’! Barrie sneaks in from the point to slip a rebound through Holtby for his eighth goal of the season. Puljujärvi gets an assist for poking a pass to the defender and McDavid – now 11 points from 100 – collects his 60th assist with the faceoff win. | EDM 2, VAN 1
20:00: The second period has begun!
All square after 20. #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/rFxMcERl0f
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) May 4, 2021
FIRST PERIOD
0.0: Puljujärvi gets the Oilers on the board and Schmidt replies for the Canucks to make it a 1-1 game heading into the 2nd.
3:47: Ryan McLeod drives wide then flips the puck at Holtby from a tough angle. The netminder makes the save for the whistle.
6:56: Nate Schmidt walks in from the point and beats Koskinen with a wrist shot through a screen from the right circle. | EDM 1, VAN 1
7:56: MIKK🛑! The keeper denies Jayce Hawryluk’s point-blank one-timer from the top of the key for his sixth save of the period.
10:31: Ennis cuts to the net and throws a backhander on, hoping Tyson Barrie or Josh Archibald will put back the rebound to no avail.
13:29: Darnell Nurse puts a shot on net and netminder Braden Holtby kicks it out of play. The Oilers are buzzing early, clearly looking to punch their ticket to the playoff dance.
16:19: 13 FOR #13! Jesse Puljujarvi WIRES a one-timer to notch his 13th goal of the season, which sets a new career-high for the big Finn. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl get the assists. McDavid is now 12 points from 💯! | EDM 1, VAN 0
17:27: Nealer! Alex Chiasson makes a nice heads-up pass to James Neal, who has an open net to shoot at, but Canucks defender Travis Hamonic eats the shot and gets the whistle.
20:00: Tonight’s game has begun! Jujhar Khaira and Tyler Ennis get back into the lineup to replace Devin Shore and Gaëtan Haas, who are both banged up. Mikko Koskinen starts in goal. The Oilers need one point to clinch the playoffs!
Ryan McLeod: Hockey guy. #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/L28PxWM7Ma
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) May 4, 2021
TONIGHT’S LINEUP
Draisaitl – McDavid – Puljujärvi
Kahun – Nugent-Hopkins – Yamamoto
Ennis – McLeod – Archibald
Neal – Khaira – Chiasson
Nurse – Barrie
Kulikov – Larsson
Jones – Bear
Koskinen
Smith
OUT: K. Russell, Devin Shore, Gaëtan Haas, Joakim Nygard, William Lagesson, Alex Stalock
OILERS TODAY | PRE-GAME AT VAN