🛢️ Away Oilers 23-14-1
2–3
Final / OT
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 16-9-9
Goals 1st2nd3rdOTF
🛢️ EDM 11002
🇨🇦 MTL 00213

Oilers at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Oilers 3–2 in overtime at Bell Centre on April 5, 2021.

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2020-21 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 4–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Josh Anderson
1 G
5 shots · 18:20 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Tomas Tatar
1 G
2 shots · 12:53 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Eric Staal
1 G
2 shots · 16:56 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🛢️ Devin Shore Go-ahead 1st · 19:39
Assists: Jujhar Khaira · beat Carey Price
1–0
2nd period
🛢️ Darnell Nurse PP 2nd · 19:49
Assists: Leon Draisaitl, Jesse Puljujarvi · beat Carey Price
2–0
3rd period
🇨🇦 Josh Anderson 3rd · 01:45
Assists: Corey Perry, Nick Suzuki · beat Mike Smith
2–1
🇨🇦 Tomas Tatar Tying 3rd · 05:23
Assists: Paul Byron · beat Mike Smith
2–2
Overtime
🇨🇦 Eric Staal Go-ahead OT · 04:02
Assists: Tyler Toffoli, Jeff Petry · beat Mike Smith
2–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🛢️Oilers
L1 McDavid · Draisaitl · Nugent-Hopkins 25:52
L2 Yamamoto · Puljujarvi · Chiasson 16:41
L3 Khaira · Shore · Kahun 12:38
L4 Haas · Archibald · Kassian 9:43
D1 Nurse · Barrie 25:34
D2 Larsson · Russell 20:07
D3 Bear · Jones 14:07
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Danault · Toffoli · Anderson 19:04
L2 Drouin · Byron · Staal 16:56
L3 Lehkonen · Suzuki · Perry 14:14
L4 Tatar · Kotkaniemi · Gallagher 12:53
D1 Petry · Weber 25:29
D2 Kulak · Edmundson 21:16
D3 Romanov · Mete 14:52

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🛢️EDM MTL🇨🇦
23 Shots on goal 32
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
28 Hits 28
14 Blocked shots 9
7 Takeaways 11
15 Giveaways 12
4 Penalty minutes 8
EDM shooting 8.7% (2/23) MTL shooting 9.4% (3/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🛢️Oilers
Mike Smith
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 64:02 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
21/23
.913 SV% · 2 GA · 64:02 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Devin Shore · 1st 19:39 · 1–0 Darnell Nurse · 2nd 19:49 · 2–0 Josh Anderson · 3rd 01:45 · 2–1 Tomas Tatar · 3rd 05:23 · 2–2 Eric Staal · OT 04:02 · 2–3
EDM MTL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Oilers
Oilers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-2 (78% win rate, 9 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-4-2 (14% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Oilers
Oilers — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 6-0-1 (86% win rate, 7 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-5-1 (0% win rate, 6 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Canadiens lead the season series 4–1
Mar 302021 🛢️EDM @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–4 Feb 112021 🛢️EDM @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–0 Jan 182021 🇨🇦MTL @ 🛢️EDM 3–1 Jan 162021 🇨🇦MTL @ 🛢️EDM 5–1 Jan 92020 🛢️EDM @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–2
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❓ EDM vs MTL, answered

Who won Oilers vs Canadiens on April 5, 2021?

Canadiens won 3–2 in overtime. The final score was Oilers 2, Canadiens 3.

Who scored for Oilers?

Darnell Nurse, Devin Shore.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Eric Staal, Josh Anderson, Tomas Tatar.

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Mike Smith made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 21 saves on 23 shots (.913 save percentage).

Where is Oilers vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Oilers vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 4–1 after 5 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🛢️ Oilers
BeforeApr 2 🔥CGY @ 🛢️EDM 2–3 AfterApr 7 🛢️EDM @ 🏛️OTT 4–2
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeApr 3 🏛️OTT @ 🇨🇦MTL 6–3 AfterApr 7 🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR 2–3
Also on April 5
🔔PHI 3–2 🐻BOS 🏛️OTT 3–4 ✈️WPG 🎰VGK 6–1 🎵STL 🏔️COL 5–4 🌲MIN 🍁TOR 5–3 🔥CGY 🌵ARI 5–2 👑LAK
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