A minute into the third period, while the Golden Knights were killing off a Barbashev roughing penalty, Brett Howden forced Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner to turnover the puck behind his own net. Howden scored off the turnover on a wrap-around goal to make it 5-3.

The victory over the hated Golden Knights meant “a little bit” more, according to Brown, given what went down in the first two matchups of the season. The Oilers were annoyed to drop the first two games between the teams, defeats that came in different yet crushing ways.