Oilers give up late knockout blow in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — Nobody likes being knocked out, but when it comes out of nowhere, at the end of the fight you thought you were winning, the pain extends far beyond the jaw.
Ask the Oilers, who were just a couple of shifts away from grabbing at least one point out of a hard-fought Saturday afternoon affair at the Wells Fargo Center.
Then Wayne Simmonds put them to sleep, scoring with 2:15 left in a 1-1 struggle to hand Edmonton it’s fifth loss in the last six games.
“It sucks bec