Player grades: Late flurry not quite enough as Oilers nipped 3-2 by Leafs
Maple Leafs 3, Oilers 2
Give the Edmonton Oilers credit, they never quit. Frustrated all night by Toronto Maple Leafs netminder Frederik Andersen — not to mention the solid team in front of him — the Oilers looked set to succumb to the Leafs by shutout for the third time in four years.
Trailing 3-0 late in the third period, Oilers coach Ken Hitchcock went against the form chart, pulling his goalie down by 3, and it darn near worked. Edmonton’s dynamic duo of Connor McDavid and
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