When A Two Goal Lead Isn't Enough

The Oilers led by two goals on two separate occasions on Tuesday night against the Arizona Coyotes.  Somehow, they found a way to get this game sent to overtime, and because you're here, you know how that ended.  Leon Draisaitl got the party started late in the first period when he scored his tenth of the season.  Justin Schultz made it 2-0 Oilers six minutes into the second period when he received a feed from Draisaitl and Eberle on the power play.

The Oilers don't score power play goals!  Justin Schultz is scoring power play goals?  What's happening?  Is this really going to happen?  Two points?

Yeah, no.  Max Domi scored the first of his three goals with just over seven minutes remaining in the second (obnoxious coyote howl).  Benoit Pouliot would score Edmonton's second power play goal of the game early on in the third to make it 3-1 Oilers, but Max Domi would continue to crush his goal scoring drought with two power play goals within three minutes (obnoxious coyote howl) (obnoxious coyote howl) to make it 3-all.

The two teams would go to overtime.  Taylor Hall would take a high-sticking penalty with thirty seconds remaining. Oliver Ekman-Larsson would do this with nine seconds remaining in overtime, (obnoxious coyote howl) and the Oilers turn a game that they really could've used to help get out of the Western Conference basement into half of that. They could've gotten blown out, I suppose.

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Edmonton travels to San Jose to take on a Sharks team who thumped the Jets in Winnipeg on Tuesday.  Let's see how this plays out.

The Oilers are saying

"I think the first time coming back is always a little bit different, it feels a little different...But we've got work to do. We're going to play against a team that's on fire right now; they're playing really well.  Like most nights, we'll have our work cut out for us."

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