EDMONTON – Vasily Podkolzin scored the game winner with just over a minute remaining and added an assist as the Edmonton Oilers mounted a third period comeback to defeat the Montreal Canadiens 6-5 on Thursday.

David Tomasek, Adam Henrique, Andrew Mangiapane, Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored for the Oilers (4-3-1) who have won two in a row.

Cole Caufield and Alex Newhook each had two goals and Josh Anderson also replied for the Canadiens (6-3-0) who had a two-game winning streak halted.

Calvin Pickard made 22 stops to collect the win for the Oilers, while Sam Montembeault recorded 23 saves for the Canadiens.

Takeaways

Canadiens: Nick Suzuki contributed an assist on Caufield’s first goal of the night, stretching his point streak to eight games. He has a goal and 11 ass

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