11-01-2019 09:33 via edmontonjournal.com

Player grades: Oilers pull a McRabbit out of the hat, steal two points vs. Panthers

Panthers 3, Oilers 4* (SO)
For 59 minutes the Edmonton Oilers literally couldn’t get out of their own way. They trailed on the shot clock 28-16, and more importantly on the scoreboard, 3-2. The Panthers had led three times, the go-ahead goal having been an utter fluke that clanked off the sticks of two Oilers defenders. Fluke or no fluke, the argument could be (and was) made that the home team trailed on merit.
But in the dying seconds a couple of familiar heroes emerged for the Oil. First
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