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Recap - Oilers Defeat Montreal 4-3

The Oilers earned a 4-3 victory over the Canadiens on Monday at Bell Centre.

Edmonton was an underdog by +100 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.

Edmonton got goals from James Neal, Connor McDavid, Dominik Kahun, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins in the victory. Neal opened the scoring at 9:52 of the first period.

Mikko Koskinen stopped 25 of 28 Montreal shots in the victory.

Montreal got goals from Paul Byron, Artturi Lehkonen, and Jake Evans in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Jake Allen stopped 31 of 35 shots for the Canadiens, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Edmonton scored 0 times on 1 chances on the power play, while Montreal went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

Edmonton outshot Montreal 35-28 in the game.