While dreadful refs had huge impact on Oilers' comeback, Samuel Montembeault came up short when a big save could have stopped the bleeding.

Let’s be clear: the officiating during the third period of the Canadiens’ 6-5 loss in Edmonton Thursday evening was squalid. Article content

Shambolic. Dreadful. Inexcusable. Article content Article content

But, but, but … we’ll get to that in a moment.

First, the series of deplorable, sordid calls on the part of referees Chris Schlenker and Garrett Rank was rank enough to stink out Rogers Place and points west all the way to Jasper.

It began with a boarding call on Juraj Slafkovsky early in the third period and ended with back-to-back penalties leading directly to two Edmonton goals. The first was on Mike Matheson for breathing on Connor Mc

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