nhl Game Recap
Montreal Canadiens vs Edmonton Oilers Wrap - Edmonton Wins 6-5
Edmonton skated to a 6-5 victory over Montreal on Thursday in NHL action at Rogers Place.
Edmonton was favored by -222 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Edmonton got goals from Adam Henrique, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Andrew Mangiapane, David Tomasek, Vasily Podkolzin, and Leon Draisaitl in the victory. Tomasek opened the scoring at 16:12 of the first period.
Calvin Pickard stopped 22 of 27 Montreal shots in the victory.
Cole Caufield(2), Alex Newhook(2), and Josh Anderson scored for the Canadiens, finding the net behind Calvin Pickard.
Montreal got a 23-stop effort from Sam Montembeault in the loss.
On the power play, Edmonton went 2-for-5, while the Canadiens were 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
Edmonton outshot Montreal 29-27 in the game.
Edmonton heads into a battle against the Kraken. Montreal, meanwhile, will have their next action against Vancouver.