{"id":349064,"date":"2025-12-15T07:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T07:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/349064\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T07:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T07:15:09","slug":"jakub-dobes-canadiens-hold-off-oilers-for-win-as-leon-draisaitl-remains-at-999-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/349064\/","title":{"rendered":"Jakub Dobes, Canadiens hold off Oilers for win as Leon Draisaitl remains at 999 points"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONTREAL \u2014 Jakub Dobes<\/a> stopped 27 shots as the Montreal Canadiens<\/a> held off the Edmonton Oilers<\/a> 4-1 and prevented Leon Draisaitl<\/a> from recording his 1,000th point on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Ivan Demidov<\/a>, Joe Veleno, Nick Suzuki<\/a> and Alexandre Texier<\/a> scored for Montreal (17-11-4), which squandered a 3-0 lead to the New York Rangers<\/a> in a 6-5 overtime loss Saturday. Juraj Slafkovsky and Lane Hutson<\/a> provided two assists each.<\/p>\n

Dobes played his first game since the Canadiens lost 6-1 to the Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> on Tuesday, sparking the call-up of up-and-coming netminder Jacob Fowler<\/a>, who started the two previous games.<\/p>\n

Zach Hyman<\/a> scored and Calvin Pickard<\/a> stopped 23 shots for Edmonton (15-12-6) in the loss, ending a two-game winning streak.<\/p>\n

Draisaitl remained at 999 points through 823 games after picking up three assists in a 6-3 win Saturday over the Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> to open a five-game road trip.<\/p>\n

After an entertaining \u2014 but scoreless \u2014 first period, Demidov picked the top right corner with a wrist shot on the power play to give the Canadiens a 1-0 lead 2:28 into the second.<\/p>\n

Veleno then capitalized on a costly turnover from Oilers captain Connor McDavid<\/a> to double the lead at 11:58. From behind Edmonton\u2019s goal line, McDavid dished the puck into the slot to brace for a hit, only for Veleno to intercept and fire a shot past Pickard for his second of the season.<\/p>\n

The Canadiens made it 3-0 on the power play when Slafkovsky found Suzuki at the back post 3:38 into the third period. Hyman replied on an Oilers power play at 12:29, but Texier responded one minute later to restore the three-goal lead.<\/p>\n

TAKEAWAYS<\/p>\n

Canadiens: Dobes rebounded after two shaky performances. Defenceman Mike Matheson<\/a> dominated his matchup with McDavid, limiting his time and space throughout the game.<\/p>\n

Oilers: Edmonton went 1-for-5 on the power play, including a goalless 5-on-3 advantage for two minutes in the first period. The Oilers were scoring at a 31.3-per cent clip this season \u2014 the third-highest rate in the league \u2014 before Sunday\u2019s game. <\/p>\n

KEY MOMENT<\/p>\n

Dobes denied Edmonton\u2019s high-octane power play during the Oilers\u2019 early two-man advantage. He made six saves, including a desperation pad stop on Hyman and two dangerous shots from Draisaitl.<\/p>\n

KEY STAT<\/p>\n

Draisaitl is one point away from becoming the 103rd NHL player \u2014 and first German \u2014 to reach 1,000 points.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Canadiens: Host the Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Oilers: Visit the Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 14, 2025.<\/p>\n

Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONTREAL \u2014 Jakub Dobes stopped 27 shots as the Montreal Canadiens held off the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-349064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}