Alex Chiasson scored the go-ahead goal in the third period to give the EdmontonOilers a comeback victory over the CanadiensMTL.
Riley Sheahan, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Josh Archibald, into the empty net, also scored for the Oilers , who were down 2-0 in the second period. Mike Smith, making his fourth consecutive start between the pipes, had 35 saves.
After the Oilers won a hard-fought puck battle along the half wall, Sheahan went top corner on Price to make it 2-1 at 7:16 of the second. Dave Tippett’s men took their first lead at 9:40 of the third when Chiasson redirected Oscar Klefbom’s shot off the post and in, just out of Price’s reach.The Oilers improved to 3-0-1 on their current five-game road trip.
Tomas Tatar crossed the Edmonton blue line with speed and dropped the puck to Danault. The first-line centre fired a shot off Smith’s pad before netting the rebound glove side at 12:35 of the first.
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