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THIRD PERIOD
00:00 THE OILERS WIN 2-0! Talbot gets his sixth shutout of the season and 36th win.
45.3: Talbot with his 33rd save of the night.
4:38: THE MARK LETESTU SHOW! Letestu fires a one-timer on the power play to score his 14th goal of the year. Assists to Draisaitl and Klefbom. | EDM 2, VAN 0
6:24: Oilers kill the penalty then McDavid forces Alexander Edler to take a tripping penalty. Oilers to the power play.
9:57: Talbot and the Oilers crash the crease to keep the puck out of their net. Jordan Eberle gets a penalty for tripping a shift later.
14:15: Shots are 24-16 Canucks.
18:52: Talbot swallows a Luca Sbisa point shot.
20:00: The third period has begun.
SECOND PERIOD
00:00: McDavid’s snipe puts the Oilers up one heading into the third period. Vancouver leads in the shot department 19-15.
3:18: CONNOR MCDAVID, EVERYONE! McDavid picks the puck up from in his feet, curls into the slot and wrists his 25th of the season top shelf on Bachman to give Edmonton the lead. That’s McDavid’s 80th point of the year. Assists to Andrej Sekera and Draisaitl. | EDM 1, VAN 0
4:37: Talbot with another save on Granlund after he busted in behind the Oilers defence.
8:59: Joseph Cramarossa goes to the sin bin for hooking. Oilers to the power play.
11:37: Drake Caggiula gets a couple whacks at the puck from the side of the crease but can’t beat Bachman.
13:38: Bachman stops Nurse’s one-timer from the top of the key.
16:38: Cam Talbot makes a point-blank save on Markus Granlund in the slot to keep the game scoreless.
20:00: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins wins the second period’s opening faceoff.
FIRST PERIOD
00:00: Milan Lucic nearly gets the Oilers on the board in the waning seconds of the period but the game remains scoreless. Shots are 8-7 in favour of Vancouver.
4:40: After killing the penalty, Draisaitl pulls a backhand-o-rama pass to Patrick Maroon in the slot for a one-timer but it’s stymied by Bachman.
8:40: Darnell Nurse gets a penalty for holding. Oilers to kill against the 28th-ranked power play.
9:39: Shots are 2-2 midway through the first period.
13:54: Leon Draisaitl swings and misses on the doorstep.
18:40: Oscar Klefbom’s slap shot is stopped by Richard Bachman.
20:00: The game has begun.
TONIGHT’S LINEUP
Maroon – McDavid – Draisaitl
Lucic – Nugent-Hopkins – Eberle
Pouliot – Desharnais – Kassian
Caggiula – Letestu – Slepyshev
Sekera – Russell
Klefbom – Larsson
Nurse – Gryba
Talbot
Out: Pitlick (injured), Hendricks (healthy), Gryba (healthy), Pakarinen (healthy), Khaira (healthy)
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