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2011-12 regular season

Canadiens at Oilers

🗓 📍 Rogers Place, Edmonton 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Canadiens beat Oilers 5–3 at Rogers Place on March 8, 2012.

MTL – EDM
31–27
Shots on goal
2/4–1/4
Power play
19–16
Hits
11–19
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Max Pacioretty
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 19:25 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
P.K. Subban
1 G, 2 A
1 shots · 25:52 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Lars Eller
1 G
3 shots · 18:51 TOI

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🛢️ Shawn Horcoff PP Go-ahead 1st · 12:06
Assists: Corey Potter, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · beat Peter Budaj
0–1
🇨🇦 P.K. Subban PP Tying 1st · 19:43
Assists: David Desharnais, Max Pacioretty · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
1–1
2nd period
🇨🇦 Max Pacioretty Go-ahead 2nd · 02:02
Assists: Scott Gomez, P.K. Subban · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
2–1
🛢️ Linus Omark Tying 2nd · 06:42
Unassisted · beat Peter Budaj
2–2
3rd period
🇨🇦 Tomas Kaberle PP Go-ahead 3rd · 03:00
Assists: Rene Bourque, Tomas Plekanec · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
3–2
🇨🇦 Lars Eller 3rd · 05:07
Assists: Ryan White · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
4–2
🛢️ Taylor Hall 3rd · 13:12
Assists: Nick Schultz, Ryan Whitney · beat Peter Budaj
4–3
🇨🇦 Max Pacioretty Empty net 3rd · 19:43
Assists: P.K. Subban
5–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Cole · Pacioretty · Plekanec 20:47
L2 Eller · Gomez · Bourque 18:35
L3 White · Geoffrion · Palushaj 14:40
L4 Desharnais · Nokelainen · Staubitz 5:04
D1 Subban · Gorges 24:36
D2 Weber · Campoli 18:10
D3 Emelin · Kaberle 17:18
🛢️Oilers
L1 Hall · Horcoff · Eberle 19:23
L2 Smyth · Omark · Nugent-Hopkins 18:24
L3 Jones · Gagner · Hemsky 16:52
L4 Petrell · Hordichuk · Belanger 7:28
D1 Whitney · Potter 21:58
D2 Petry · Smid 19:32
D3 Schultz · Peckham 14:28

Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL EDM🛢️
31 Shots on goal 27
2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
19 Hits 16
11 Blocked shots 19
12 Takeaways 9
19 Giveaways 18
8 Penalty minutes 8
MTL shooting 16.1% (5/31) EDM shooting 11.1% (3/27)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Peter Budaj
24/27
.889 SV% · 3 GA · 58:58 TOI
🛢️Oilers
Nikolai Khabibulin
26/30
.867 SV% · 4 GA · 59:06 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Shawn Horcoff · 1st 12:06 · 0–1 P.K. Subban · 1st 19:43 · 1–1 Max Pacioretty · 2nd 02:02 · 2–1 Linus Omark · 2nd 06:42 · 2–2 Tomas Kaberle · 3rd 03:00 · 3–2 Lars Eller · 3rd 05:07 · 4–2 Taylor Hall · 3rd 13:12 · 4–3 Max Pacioretty · 3rd 19:43 · 5–3
MTL EDM
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 8-11-6 (32% win rate, 25 games)
Oilers
Oilers — tied after 1st: 13-12-1 (50% win rate, 26 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 3-6-2 (27% win rate, 11 games)
Oilers
Oilers — tied after 2nd: 3-10-4 (18% win rate, 17 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Nov 82011 🛢️EDM @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–1 Feb 172011 🇨🇦MTL @ 🛢️EDM 1–4 Dec 12010 🛢️EDM @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–3 OT Mar 112010 🛢️EDM @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–5 SO Oct 102009 🇨🇦MTL @ 🛢️EDM 2–3
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Who won Canadiens vs Oilers on March 8, 2012?

Canadiens won 5–3. The final score was Canadiens 5, Oilers 3.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Max Pacioretty (2), Lars Eller, P.K. Subban, Tomas Kaberle.

Who scored for Oilers?

Linus Omark, Shawn Horcoff, Taylor Hall.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Peter Budaj made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 26 saves on 30 shots (.867 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Oilers played?

At Rogers Place in Edmonton, the Oilers home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Oilers season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeMar 6 🇨🇦MTL @ 🔥CGY 4–5 AfterMar 10 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐋VAN 4–1
🛢️ Oilers
BeforeMar 6 🛢️EDM @ 🦈SJS 3–2 AfterMar 10 🛢️EDM @ 🏔️COL 2–3
Also on March 8
⚔️BUF 1–3 🐻BOS 🏝️NYI 1–5 😈NJD 🐆FLA 0–5 🔔PHI ⚡TBL 2–3 🦅WSH 👑LAK 1–3 🧥CBJ 🗽NYR 1–4 🏛️OTT 🦆ANA 1–3 🎵STL 🏔️COL 2–4 🐯NSH
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