Montreal Canadiens at Edmonton Oilers

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Montreal Canadiens

6-3-0

Final
5 - 6

Edmonton Oilers

4-3-1

Podkolzin breaks tie with 1:09 left, Oilers rally to beat the Canadiens 6-5

Podkolzin scored for the first time this season. Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had power-play goals in a 58-second span midway through the third period to tie it.

David Tomasek, Adam Henrique and Andrew Mangiapane also scored for Edmonton. Calvin Pickard made 22 saves.

Alex Newhook and Cole Caufield each scored twice for Montreal, with the Canadians coming off a 2-1 overtime victory in Calgary on Wednesday night.

Josh Anderson also scored for Montreal. Montembeault stopped 23 shots.

Up next Canadiens: At Vancouver on Saturday night.

Oilers: At Seattle on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

EDM leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 7:28	Alex Newhook Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (6), Oliver Kapanen (1)
Goal	1st Period 16:12	David Tomasek Goal (1) Slap Shot, assists: Vasily Podkolzin (3), Noah Philp (1)
Goal	2nd Period 10:37	Adam Henrique Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Jake Walman (1), Mattias Ekholm (3)
Goal	2nd Period 13:28	Andrew Mangiapane Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Darnell Nurse (3), Connor McDavid (8)
Goal	2nd Period 16:57	Josh Anderson Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Brendan Gallagher (6), Jake Evans (1)
Goal	2nd Period 18:00	Cole Caufield Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Noah Dobson (4), Lane Hutson (7)
Goal	2nd Period 18:49	Cole Caufield Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (11), Alexandre Carrier (2)
Goal	3rd Period 2:10	Alex Newhook Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Oliver Kapanen (2), Jayden Struble (2)
Goal	3rd Period 11:19	Leon Draisaitl Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Connor McDavid (9), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (4)
Goal	3rd Period 12:17	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Goal (5) Backhand, assists: Connor McDavid (10), Evan Bouchard (2)
Goal	3rd Period 18:51	Vasily Podkolzin Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Darnell Nurse (4), Jake Walman (2)

Statistics

MTL		EDM
16	Blocked Shots	19
15	Hits	15
6	Takeaways	3
27	Shots	29
0	Power Play Goals	2
1	Power Play Opportunities	5
0.0	Power Play Percentage	40.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
21	Faceoffs Won	36
36.8	Faceoff Win Percent	63.2
14	Giveaways	12
6	Total Penalties	1
20	Penalty Minutes	2

Edmonton Oilers Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Kasperi Kapanen, RW	Injured Reserve	Nov 28
Jack Roslovic, C	Out	Nov 28
Jake Walman, D	Out	Nov 28
Noah Philp, C	Injured Reserve	Nov 21

Montreal Canadiens Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Jayden Struble, D	Out	Nov 29
Kirby Dach, C	Injured Reserve	Nov 23
Alex Newhook, C	Injured Reserve	Nov 17
Patrik Laine, RW	Injured Reserve	Nov 17
Kaiden Guhle, D	Injured Reserve	Nov 14