Lost in the blizzard of goals by the Edmonton Oilers Thursday was a one-timer by winger Vasily Podkolzin from Leon Draisaitl’s usual neighbourhood—a slapper from a bad angle, on one knee—this one beating Joey Daccord. Article content

Clearly, Podkolzin has been paying attention to Draisaitl’s modus operandi for where to score a goal. Or maybe it’s osmosis, whatever, it showed the little-used talent of Podkolzin—his shot. He’s got five goals in 28 games, only three shy of last year’s eight in 82. But this was his only shot of the Seattle game, and it came seven minutes into it. Article content Article content

“If Pods keeps doing that (one-timer), that may not be Leon’s spot anymore,” joked Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch. “I know he practises those shots.”

“We love Pods. Last year, th

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