In Edmonton, the Montreal Canadiens got two from Jeff Petry and Tomas Tatar in a 5-1 win over the Oilers.

“I think we stuck to our plan the whole game,” Petry said. “Where we got in trouble [in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday] at the start of the second period, we got sloppy with the puck, and I think we managed the puck well tonight and our forwards did a good job staying above their forwards, and that allowed us to have good [defensive] gaps.”

Carey Price made 34 saves to get the win, the first for the Habs.

“It could have been a different game if we don’t have him back there,” Brendan Gallagher said. “Fortunately enough, we have a great one between the pipes to make those saves. He’s so calm and so cool he allows you to keep momentum on your side, and we’re pretty fortunate to play in front of him every single night.”

Slater Koekkoek had the lone goal for the Oilers.

“I thought there were ebbs and flows in the game,” Oilers head coach Dave Tippett said. “I thought the first five minutes or so we started all right. They got the opening goal and they took over the rest of the first period. We had some chances around it but once we got chasing the game, we got loose; you’re chasing the game and trying to get back in it. We made some mistakes that allowed them to expand the lead, and we chased it the rest of the way.”

The Oilers dropped to 1-2-0 on the season.

“We park this win,” Canadiens head coach Claude Julien said. “We take the two points because they’re important, but we have to realize we’ll have a tougher opponent in two days from now.”

Jake Evans scored a shorthanded goal for Montreal. “They were definitely quicker than us. Playing three games in 3 1/2 days is a lot coming out the gate,” Edmonton’s Connor McDavid said. “But not making any excuses for ourselves, we have to be better, we have to win more battles. They were the more rested team and they showed that, but I don’t think our battle level was good enough.”

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Mikko Koskinen made 31 saves in the loss.