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2 |  |
1 (SO) |
SHOOTOUT
CGY: Gaudreau stopped! Oilers win 2-1!
EDM: Letestu scores!
CGY: Monahan is stopped.
EDM: Draisaitl snaps one glove side and past Elliott.
OVERTIME
00:00 A last-ditch attempt by Maroon is stopped by Elliott. Off to the shootout.
2:10: Oilers tilting the ice in the extra frame. Still tied.
3:32: Eberle gets sprung on a breakaway but loses the puck.
5:00: Overtime has begun.
THIRD PERIOD
00:00: Nothing settled in regulation. The Battle of Alberta is going to overtime.
2:23: Oilers fail to strike on the man-advantage. This one is going down to the wire.
5:24: Dougie Hamilton gets a roughing penalty. Enter the Oilers power play unit.
11:39: Eberle feeds the puck to a wide Benoit Pouliot who can’t handle the pass. The Flames go down the other way and a slap shot rings off the crossbar. Shots are 20-15 Calgary.
15:54: Talbot negates a Johnny Gaudreau wrist shot, then shuts the door on ensuing front of the net madness.
20:00: The third period has started.
SECOND PERIOD
00:00: 1-1 after 40 minutes. Shots are 13-12 Edmonton.
3:10: Monahan ties the game up 26 seconds after the Oilers score. EDM 1, CGY 1
3:36: OILERS OPEN THE SCORING! Patrick Maroon puts the puck in the Flames’ crease from the side of the net, jams at the rebound and it gets past Elliott. | EDM 1, CGY 0
4:51: Oilers sustain some pressure down low in the Flames’ zone, Jokipakka goes off to the box for holding. Oilers back on the man-advantage.
7:16: Both teams exchange a few low-danger plays but nothing to show for it. Still deadlocked at zero.
12:31: Neither team giving much up in the second frame. Shots now 8-7 Calgary.
16:05: Shots sit at 8-6 Calgary.
20:00: The second period has begun.
FIRST PERIOD
00:00: No goals after one period. Shots are 8-5 in favour of Calgary.
3:58: Talbot stands tall as the Oilers best penalty killer making two big shorthanded saves. Shots are 6-4 Calgary. Drake Caggiula gets an embellishment penalty while Troy Brouwer goes off for hooking. four-on-four for two minutes.
6:51: Leon Draisaitl gets a penalty for hooking. Oilers on the penalty kill.
11:26: Cam Talbot absolutely robs Sean Monahan on a Flames three-on-one. This game is beginning to open up. Shots are 3-2 Edmonton.
14:46: Jordan Eberle makes a nifty deflection but is stopped by goaltender Brian Elliott. Jyrki Jokipakka gets his stick caught up in Eberle’s skates right after and receives two minutes for tripping. Oilers on the power play.
15:53: A dangerous rush by Connor McDavid is mitigated. Still scoreless through four minutes.
20:00: Puck dropped. The Battle of Alberta begins.
TONIGHT’S LINEUP
Maroon – McDavid – Draisaitl
Pouliot – Nugent-Hopkins – Eberle
Lucic – Caggiula – Slepyshev
Hendricks – Letestu – Kassian
Sekera – Russell
Klefbom – Benning
Davidson – Gryba
Talbot
Out: Larsson (injured) Pakarinen (injured), Nurse (injured), Pitlick (injured), Khaira (illness)
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