Hyman scored, and Calvin Pickard made 23 saves for the Oilers (15-12-6), who were coming off a 6-3 win at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday and had their five-game point streak (4-0-1) end.
“We didn’t seem to be able to get any sustained offense 5-on-5 and it was mostly one and done,” Edmonton defenseman Mattias Ekholm said. “We couldn’t find any momentum really and they were good with the lead.”
Demidov gave the Canadiens a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 2:28 of the second period. He took a return pass from Slafkovsky in the right face-off circle and skated in before burying a wrist shot over Pickard’s glove.
Veleno made it 2-0 at 11:58. He intercepted Connor McDavid’s backhand pass into the slot from behind the goal line and lifted a wrist shot past Pickard from the left hash marks.
Suzuki pushed the lead to 3-0 with a power-play goal at 3:38 of the third period. Slafkovsky fed a backdoor pass from the right circle that Suzuki redirected in at the left edge of the crease.
“They’re a dangerous team,” Pickard said. “They had a lot of wide-open looks, and I just have to do my part. It wasn’t our cleanest game.”
