EDMONTON — Martin St. Louis debuted a new power-play unit for the Montreal Canadiens, swapping out Zachary Bolduc for Ivan Demidov for this big game against the Oilers in Edmonton Thursday.

Out Demidov went with Cole Caufield, Juraj Slafkovsky, Nick Suzuki and Lane Hutson in the eighth minute of the first period, and they looked like they were just getting warmed up with the chances they mustered. They whipped the puck side-to-side, up and down, generating five shot attempts — and the type of momentum they probably felt they’d have a chance to eventually capitalize on if the Canadiens continued playing the way they were playing.

They were playing great. They were in complete control of this game. And even after they lost it on a couple of bad bounces to fall down 3-1, they regained it im

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