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Oilers 3, Flames 4
Tough night in Cowtown for the Edmonton Oilers. First they lost two players to injury in the first period. The short-staffed crew that remained fell behind twice by two goals, fought back to tie it 3-3 early in the third, but allowed an immediate answer-back tally that ultimately proved the difference in a 4-3 Flames win. In regulation, natch.
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The Oilers came oh so close to notching the equalizer in the dying seconds, when Jesse Puljujarvi’s hard wrist shot just inside the far post appeared to beat Jacob Markstrom under the blocker, but caught the shaft of the netminder’s stick and caromed wide of the cage. It was the last “woulda, coulda, shoulda” moment in a game that held plenty of them, especially on the defensive side of the puck.