THIRD PERIOD

0.0: Final shot count was 31-24 for Edmonton.

4:22: Oilers make it 8-2 with a power play goal (26 seconds left in the Perron penalty). Zack Kassian spotted Mark Letestu at the left circle and he one-timed it by Ferguson for the goal. EDM 8, VGK 2

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5:56: David Perron skates to the box, ending the Golden Knights man advantage.

6:49: Goaltender interference negates a Maroon goal with the Oilers winger instead heading to the box for two minutes.

10:10: After the seventh Oilers goal, Maxime Lagace was replaced in net by 19-year-old Dylan Ferguson, making his NHL debut.

10:10: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins wired a wrist shot from about the same location as McDavid and picked the same corner, putting the home team up by five. | EDM 7, VGK 2

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12:51: Darnell Nurse heads off for running interference on Neal; shots are 28-18 Oilers with less than 13 minutes to play.

15:02: Oilers regain their four-goal advantage as McDavid rips a shot top corner from the right circle. | EDM 6, VGK 2

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18:38: 25 seconds later, James Neal batted the puck in from the left post. | EDM 5, VGK 2

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19:03: During a wild goalmouth scramble in front, Connor McDavid’s centring pass was batted into the net by Deryk Engelland. Result was an Oilers power play goal. | EDM 5, VGK 1

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20:00: Third period begins with Oilers on the power play for two minutes.

SECOND PERIOD

0.0: James Neal gets two minutes for roughing Matt Benning right at the buzzer, giving the Oilers a power play to start the third.

1:06: Shots on goal are now 24-11 for Edmonton.

5:19: Vegas gets a goal back. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare wristed a shot from the left circle that beats Talbot and makes it a three-goal game. | EDM 4, VGK 1

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9:41: Benning deflected a point shot from Klefbom past Lagace to make it a 4-0 game. | EDM 4, VGK 0

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10:45: Puljujarvi blocks a shot and chases after the puck without a stick. He then manages to get one while skating by the Oilers bench and makes a nifty pass to help the home team keep possession in their zone.

11:00: Shots were 19-9 for the Oilers nine minutes into the period.

13:33: Lagace slid across his crease to make a save on Drake Caggiula.

20:00: Period two has started.

FIRST PERIOD

0.0: After one period, shots were 13-5 for the Oilers as they took a commanding three-goal lead into the intermission.

1:21: Less than a minute later, Maroon one-timed a Draisaitl feed in the slot top corner past Lagace to make it a three-goal game. | EDM 3, VGK 0

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2:18: Pat Maroon spots Ryan Nugent-Hopkins who converts with a quick shot past Golden Knights netminder Max Lagace to extend the Oilers lead to 2-0. | EDM 2, VGK 0

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4:05: Jon Merrill gets two minute for slashing to send the Oilers to the power play for the first time.

7:19: Shots on goal are 7-4 for the Oilers with seven minutes left in the opening frame.

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12:50: Darnell Nurse gets tangled up with David Perron in front of the Oilers net. Perron gets two for holding, Nurse two for roughing. Result is four-on-four hockey for the next two minutes.

13:32: With 39 seconds left in the Auvitu penalty, Jujhar Khaira and Oscar Klefbom took advantage of a turnover and skated in on a two-on-one. Khaira backhanded a pass across the slot to Klefbom who put it into the open net. EDM 1, VGK 0

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14:53: Yohann Auvitu gets two minutes for tripping to give Vegas the game’s first power play.

15:20: A shot by David Perron goes through the legs of Talbot but then slides across the crease.

15:40: Almost five minutes into the game, shots on goal were 1-0 Oilers.

20:00: Tonight’s game is now underway. Drake Caggiula is back in the lineup after missing three games due to an ankle injury suffered on the most recent road trip.

TONIGHT’S LINEUP

Maroon – McDavid – Draisaitl
Lucic – RNH – Puljujarvi
Khaira – Strome – Pakarinen
Caggiula – Letestu – Kassian

Nurse – Larsson
Klefbom – Benning
Auvitu – Russell

Talbot

OUT: Sekera (knee-IR), Slepyshev (lower body-IR), Malone, Cammalleri, Gryba