Comfortable night for Edmonton Oilers against Vancouver Canucks

That brings us to the end of a wild first period — Vancouver Canucks 1, Edmonton Oilers 3. Edmonton Oilers edged the shot clock 18-7, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Connor McDavid opened the scoring for Edmonton Oilers on the power play at 13:56, Ryan Donato tied it for Vancouver Canucks at 14:08, Connor McDavid put Edmonton Oilers in front at 18:51, and Luke Evangelista extended the lead for Edmonton Oilers at 18:55.

Stuart Skinner was under siege with 15 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Edmonton Oilers went 1-for-3.

Edmonton Oilers owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Vancouver Canucks 1, Edmonton Oilers 2. Vancouver Canucks edged the shot clock 15-10, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Linus Karlsson cut the deficit for Vancouver Canucks at 6:20, Leon Draisaitl extended the lead for Edmonton Oilers at 16:08, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins extended the lead for Edmonton Oilers on the power play at 18:17.

Spencer Knight was under siege with 14 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Vancouver Canucks went 0-for-2 while Edmonton Oilers went 1-for-2.

Vancouver Canucks owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Vancouver Canucks 1, Edmonton Oilers 1. Vancouver Canucks edged the shot clock 8-7, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Michael Carcone cut the deficit for Vancouver Canucks at 6:14, then Connor McDavid extended the lead for Edmonton Oilers at 19:52.

Spencer Knight was under siege with 7 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Edmonton Oilers went 0-for-1.

Edmonton Oilers owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.