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THIRD PERIOD
0.0: The game is over. Final shot count: 40-29 for the Blues.
1:11: Darnell Nurse converted a nice cross-ice pass from Draisaitl blocker side on Allen. | STL 8, EDM 3
3:02: Stastny converted a nice backhanded feed from Alex Steen to keep the offence flowing for the Blues. | STL 8, EDM 2
4:49: 34 seconds after the Blues goal, the Oilers got one back as Leon Draisaitl scored. | STL 7, EDM 2
5:23: Colton Parayko’s shot from the point beat Brossoit on the power play. | STL 7, EDM 1
7:14: Lucic skated to the penalty box after receiving a slashing penalty.
7:39: With less than eight minutes to play, St. Louis struck again. Tarasenko netted his second of the game when he wired a shot from the right circle past Brossoit. | STL 6, EDM 1
9:43: Jake Allen snagged a wrist shot from the left circle by Oscar Klefbom.
12:21: 90 seconds after the Oilers scored, St. Louis got that one back. Scottie Upshall completed a nice three-way passing play into an open cage as Brossoit had no chance. | STL 5, EDM 1
13:51: Oilers finally got on the board with 13:51 left to play. Connor McDavid made a nice fake before dishing the puck to Milan Lucic in the slot. Lucic wired the puck past Allen for the goal. | STL 4, EDM 1
17:44: Kris Russell slipped on the backcheck and tumbled into the end boards. He was shaken up on the play but skated to the bench on his own strength.
20:00: Period three has started.
SECOND PERIOD
0.0: Shots on goal after 40 minutes were 26-14 for the Blues after St. Louis outshot Edmonton by an identical 13-7 margin in period two.
29.1: Brayden Schenn scored on a wrist shot from the high slot along the ice to extend the St. Louis lead to 4-0. | STL 4, EDM 0
1:44: A wrist shot from the point by Oscar Klefbom was gloved by Allen. It was Edmonton’s first shot on goal in over 10 minutes.
9:15: Shots were 22-11 for St. Louis midway through the game.
12:25: Adam Larsson received two minutes for hooking to put St. Louis back on the power play.
13:05: Oilers had a near goal on a grade A scoring chance but couldn’t convert on an open net on the rush when McDavid centred a pass to Pat Maroon. And at the other end of the ice at the same time, Matt Benning and Vladimir Tarasenko dropped the gloves for a fight with the Russian winger coming to the defence of teammate Brayden Schenn after Benning clipped him in the open ice.
16:08: Jaden Schwartz jumped on a rebound and put it glove side on Brossoit to put the home side up by three. | STL 3, EDM 0
16:23: Brossoit made another big stop at point-blank range by Paajarvi. Shots were 16-8 for the Blues almost four minutes into the second.
18:16: Brossoit was sharp in making two saves from the top of the crease.
20:00: Period two is now underway.
FIRST PERIOD
0.0: Shots on goal after 20 minutes were 13-7 for the Blues.
1:11: Oilers started generating some chances late in the opening period but any momentum gained was negated by a roughing penalty to Milan Lucic, who took a jump at Alex Pietrangelo behind the Oilers net.
5:45: Shots on goal were 10-5 for St. Louis after the Oilers had an early 4-1 shot edge at one point.
8:10: After Laurent Brossoit stopped the first two shots, Jaden Schwartz managed to sneak a shot from in-close through the Oilers netminder’s legs but fortunately, the puck squirted wide just past the far post to keep the Oilers within two.
12:26: After the goal, Laurent Brossoit replaced Talbot in net. Talbot had allowed two goals on three shots before being pulled.
12:26: St. Louis extended its lead to 2-0 after Dmitrij Jaskin spun and fired the puck off the side boards. The puck somehow found its way up and over Talbot. | STL 2, EDM 0
16:47: Vladimir Tarasenko wristed a shot from the slot that deflected in off Adam Larsson to put the home team up early. | STL 1, EDM 0
19:25: McDavid spotted Maroon on a two-on-one and Maroon’s blast was denied by Blues starting goaltender Jake Allen.
20:00: Tonight’s game is now underway.
TONIGHT’S LINEUP
Maroon – McDavid – Caggiula
Lucic – RNH – Draisaitl
Cammalleri – Strome – Puljujarvi
Khaira – Letestu – Kassian
Klefbom – Benning
Nurse – Larsson
Russell – Gryba
Talbot
OUT: Sekera (knee/IR), Slepyshev (lower body/IR), Pakarinen, Malone, Auvitu
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