The Edmonton Oilers came out on top of an entertaining hockey game against the Montreal Canadiens at Rogers Place Thursday. Evan Bouchard potted the winner a shift after very nearly handing the game away to the Habs earlier in OT.

As the hours tick down to the deadline, the Canadiens find themselves in the unusual position of valuing the present more than the future.

The Edmonton Oilers got a much-needed win on Thursday (March 6), defeating the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in overtime at Rogers Place. Evan Bouchard scored with just seven seconds remaining in sudden death to lift the home team to victory.

Fans of the fast-fading Edmonton Oilers were hoping for something a little more convincing Thursday than a life-and-death struggle with the 11th-place club in the Eastern Conference, but when your team is bleeding out you don’t complain about the look of the stitches.

The Montreal Canadiens took on the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night as the hours to the trade deadline trickled down. Trying to book a place in the playoffs for the first time since making the Stanley Cup final in 2021,

Second Period_3, Edmonton, Draisaitl 46 (Bouchard, Nugent-Hopkins), 1:06 (pp). 4, Montreal, Armia 11 (Evans, Hutson), 10:19. Penalties_Montreal bench, served by Gallagher (Too Many Men on the Ice), 0:50.