LIVE COVERAGE: Oilers vs. Avalanche

The Edmonton Oilers face off against the Colorado Avalanche on Hockey Night in Canada at Rogers Place on Saturday night.

You can watch the game on Sportsnet & Hockey Night in Canada at 8:00 p.m. MT or listen live on the Oilers Radio Network, including 630CHED.

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OVERTIME

0.5: With literal tenths of a second left, the Avalanche win it. Nathan MacKinnon sends a back-door pass to Artturi Lehkonen, who finishes this terrific game off with less than a second on the clock to secure the extra point for the Avalanche in a 3-2 victory. Sean Walker scores twice for the Avs, who trailed 2-1 with just over five minutes remaining. The Oilers will now host the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday at Rogers Place.

2:14: MacKinnon has a partial breakaway go high and wide before Skinner stops his follow-up shot on the next sequence. This is as tight as it gets.

4:03: Nugent-Hopkins is denied by the glove of Georgiev on a breakaway! What an opportunity ofr No. 93 to end it on a wide-open one-on-one.

5:00: Overtime has begun!

THIRD PERIOD

0.0: We are going to overtime, tied 2-2 after regulation.

19.3: The Oilers nearly take a delay of game penalty late in regulation, but after the officials come together at the benches, it's deemed to have deflected over the glass. That's fortunate for the Oilers late in this one.

5:20: Avalanche answer back. Sean Walker scores his second of the game after being left open on the left side for Casey Mittelstadt to pick him out with a pass that he puts away to make it 2-2.

8:12: CARRICK SCORES! WHAT AN EFFORT! Mattias Janmark puts a shot on goal that's knocked down by the centre, who then turns around and smacks his first goal as an Oiler over the left pad of Georgiev to give Edmonton the 2-1 lead. With a kick on the puck despite having no stick, Corey Perry gets the second assist and his 900th career point. With over eight minutes left, the Oilers lead this game.

8:29: Georgiev makes an awkward blocker save on Bouchard, who was wide open in the slot. 

14:14: FOEGELE FINDS THE DEFLECTION! After the winger knocked it down at the blueline and had his first shot stopped by Georgiev, it comes back up to the blueline where Evan Bouchard puts it back on net for Foegele to put a backwards tip on the shot that goes in over the glove of the Colorado netminder. It's 1-1 with just over 14 minutes left in regulation.

17:55: No goal for Zach Hyman. We've seen a few of those this season. Darnell Nurse's point shot is deflected between the circles by Draisaitl, leading to a mad scramble for a loose puck in front that's kicked in by the skate of Hyman. It originally stood as a goal, but the Avalanche bench challenges the play for a kick and it's overturned after the the review by the officials.

20:00: The third period is underway!

SECOND PERIOD

0.0: The Avalanche hold a slender 1-0 lead after two periods on the goal by Sean Walker near the midway mark of the second period.

34.3: Manson and Desharnais drop the gloves after causing a scrum in front of Skinner's net with just over a minute left in the second.

9:21: Avalanche score. Sean Walker fires one blocker side on Skinner off the rush to make it 1-0 for Colorado.

10:11: OFF THE POST! Connor Brown sends it over to Evander Kane on a two-on-one, but the winger doesn't get all of the shot and it strikes the left post before going out the other side.

11:12: MacKinnon makes a terrific outside move before firing a sneaky backhand on Skinner, but the Oilers netminder presses his body against the right post to keep it out.

13:21: Excellent hockey being played here as Josh Manson breaks up an Oilers two-on-one before Warren Foegele gets a wide-open look to the right of Georgiev's goal after Draisaitl set him up with a no-look backhand pass.

15:33: Nugent-Hopkins is denied in close by Georgiev twice after McDavid made an exceptional pass out front from the right corner.

15:47: Penalty shot to the Avalanche after Jonathan Drouin is hooked by Brett Kulak. The winger comes in and shifts to his backhand, but SKINNER SQUEEZES IT SHUT! It nearly trickled through, but the quick shut of the space by Skinner between his arm and torso keeps it from rolling into the net.

19:31: Mikko Rantanen slashes Ryan McLeod's stick in half after a dump-in, sending the Oilers to their first power play.

20:00: The second period is underway!

FIRST PERIOD

0.0: Ekholm breaks up a dangerous two-on-one for the Avalanche in the last few seconds before the intermission. There were no goals, but this game is living up to the hype with great chances and great saves from each netminder to keep it 0-0 through 20 minutes.

1:31: McDavid loses his man with a brilliant turn in the right circle before having his open follow-up shot blocked by Sam Girard.

2:11: STUUUUUUU with a spectacular glove save on Makar through traffic closes out a strong opening penalty kill for the Oilers.

4:11: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is given a hooking penalty in the neutral zone to send the Avalanche to the game's first power play.

7:41: After a failed Colorado clearance, Evan Bouchard intercepts the puck at the blueline and sends a diagonal pass to McDavid, who wraps it around the opposite side of the net but can't tuck it inside the post past Alexandar Georgiev. The fans at Rogers Place applaud a strong shift from the Oilers top line and defence pairing.

11:04: Leon Draisaitl is stopped smartly by Alexandar Georgiev after the German got a pass back from Connor McDavid on a three-on-two zone entry.

13:14: Stuart Skinner stands up former Norris Trophy winner Cale Makar's shot from the left circle with the left pad.

15:15: Stuart Skinner settles himself in the crease to make three quick saves after the puck bounced around the danger area from a deflected shot from the blueline.

20:00: GAME ON! We have a good one down at Rogers Place tonight.

20:00: The first period at Rogers Place will begin soon. Mattias Ekholm takes warmups for the Oilers and looks set to return to the lineup from a one-game illness absence.

PROJECTED LINEUP

Nugent-Hopkins - McDavid - Hyman
McLeod - Draisaitl - Foegele
Kane - Henrique - Brown
Janmark - Carrick - Perry

Ekholm - Bouchard
Nurse - Desharnais
Kulak - Ceci

Skinner
Pickard