In Edmonton, the Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl struck twice as Edmonton surrendered a two-goal lead to the St Louis Blues on Friday and then recovered with two goals in a 4-2 home win.
“That team over there, they know how to win hockey games,” Draisaitl said. “For them to tie it up, and for us to come back and win the game, it’s a big confidence boost for us.”
Mikko Koskinen made 30 saves in the win.
David Perron and Robert Thomas scored for the Blues.
“That’s been a trend of ours since we gotten back from the [All-Star] break, starting slow,” Thomas said. “When you play good teams, if you get down early, it’s hard to catch up. We did a really good job fighting back and getting back into the game and we just need to continue playing the way we did to get back into it, and we just lost it a little bit there.”
Caleb Jones also scored for the Oilers.
Josh Archibald added a shorthanded, empty net goal late to seal the win.
“They’re a good team, a team that knows how to win, a veteran team,” the Oilers’ Adam Larsson said. “When they tied it 2-2, I felt Leon’s goal was huge for us to get that lead back pretty quick. A huge goal for us. After that goal, I thought we were really steady and played really smart and solid hockey.”
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Jake Allen made 31 saves in the loss.
“We didn’t really execute in that first period,” Allen said. “Obviously, they came out strong and hemmed us in for most of those 20 minutes. I thought we responded pretty well in the second, but we definitely didn’t have the start we wanted from myself on out, and the next thing you know, you’re behind the eight ball.”
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