The Edmonton Oilers conjured up a thrilling ending to their 5-4 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets, but they had too much to overcome, having been out-hustled, out-battled and out-scored for much of the contest.

The goal saw Leon Draisaitl lead Edmonton’s comeback with two great goals.

The Grade A shots were 14 for Edmonton, 16 for CBJ, with the subset of more dangerous 5-alarm shots 11 to six for Columbus.

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CONNOR MCDAVID, 7. Two assists. Quiet in the first. Loud mistake early in the second, over-skating a bouncing puck to kick off the sequence of pain on a fast counterattacking CBJ goal rush, the Jacket’s second goal. Broke in for a dangerous shot early in the third. He almost batted in a goal on a third period power play. He

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