Pre-Game
- This Joshua Roy kid…
- He any good?
- Ping @matt-drake
- Happy birthday, Connor McDavid!
- Let’s celebrate it with an Oilers loss, shall we?
First Period
- In 2016, the Canadiens were on the hunt for a big, towering lumberjack type of a defenceman with their seventhround selection. With the 187th overall pick, they chose 6’5, 212 lbs Arvid Henrikson.
- Just four picks earlier, the Edmonton Oilers had selected Laval native Vincent Desharnais. Would he otherwise have been playing in the bleu-blanc-et-rouge tonight? Certainly not an impossible train of thought.
- Power play Habs! Nugent-Hopkins penalized.
- Cole Caufield trips on his skates in a dangerous position. Darn it.
- But he makes up for it moments later. 1-0 Montreal!
- Just look at that sweet, sweet pass from Cap’n Suz. Look at it, I said. LOOK AT IT!
- A Slaf with confidence is such a different player.
- Will Cole bag that hatty today? He’s looking hot.
- It’s been quite a slow affair, but Monty is looking sharp in net and Roy hasn’t looked out of place. I’ll take it.
Second Period
- Edmonton doing their best to get that franchise record tenth win in a row.
- They could really use a Monty in net though. Would make the feat a heck of a lot easier for them.
- Is Pezzetta hurt?
- Seems to be back again now. No more injuries, please.
- Gally penalty means two minutes with 4-on-5 against McDrai. Can only end one way, can it not?
- Apparently, this is a different kind of night.
- Montreal hounds around the ice chasing those superior two, while somehow keeping them in check for two entire periods.
- Of course, having Montembeault helps.
- Do you hear that, Oilers fans? A Habs goalie can take you so much further.
- Monty has learnt everything he knows from… Jake Allen. Give him a go. You won’t regret it.
Third Period
- Well, that was quick.
- Leon Draisaitl ties the game up at one-a-piece less than a minute into the third.
- MSL challenges for goaltender interference, to no avail.
- So now we have a tied game AND a penalty kill to sit through.
- Hey, MackyD gets sent to the box for… Guess what, goaltender interference, cutting their man advantage short.
- He just laughs about it. Not a very nice birthday gift from the refs.
- It’s full on attack now from both ends of the ice.
- Monahan so close to tuck in a tap-in from the crease. Would have been a beauty of a goal as well. Puck on a string between the Habs players.
- Crowd now booing McDavid as soon as he touches the puck. Feels thrilling, like being at a soccer game in Europe.
- Three penalties in total during the first two periods. Four penalties through the first half of period three.
- Warren Foegele to the box for a blatant tripping on Joel Armia.
- In the words of soccer transfer guru Fabrizio Romano: “Here we go!”
- Excellent recognition from Jake Evans, who made up for losing the puck in a board battle by throwing his body in front of an Oilers attacker in the slot, thus breaking up the intended pass.
- Regardless how this ends, it has been a fun third period. Certainly makes up for the initial two.
- Let’s end this regular time with a penalty kill!
- Hooking call on Gallagher tracking back to stop McDavid.
- Un point!
- 40-23 in shots. 1-1 in goals. We’re heading to overtime.
Overtime
- Darnell Nurse tripping up Mike Matheson, whose stick ends up slightly too high. Another Oilers power play.
- Evan Bouchard ends the game from the point, via the bar and in. Gah.
EOTP 3 Stars
3) That’s rule 73.4.ii in the NHL rulebook
2) He really thrives when counted on in a big matchup
1) They did the best that could be expected versus the league’s top offence at its peak level
