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11/13 21:43 CST Olivier scores 2 goals to help lift Blue Jackets past Oilers
5--4
Olivier scores 2 goals to help lift Blue Jackets past Oilers 5--4
By NICOLE KRAFT
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) --- Mathieu Olivier scored two goals and had an assist,
Charlie Coyle had a goal and two assists and the Columbus Blue Jackets extended
their home winning streak to three games with a 5-4 victory over the Edmonton
Oilers on Thursday night.
Adam Fantilli and Denton Mateychuk also had goals and Jet Greaves made 25 saves
for Columbus, who flipped the script on an Edmonton team that rallied from a
two-goal third-period deficit and beat them in a shootout Monday.
Leon Draisaitl scored twice and Matt Savoie and Vasily Podkolzin each added
goals for the Oilers, whose two-game winning streak ended. Evan Bouchard had
three assists, Connor McDavid added two and Calvin Pickard made 20 saves for
Edmonton, which dropped its fifth straight at Nationwide Arena, dating to 2019.
Olivier opened the scoring at 15:36 of the first, slipping Coyle's right-circle
shot past Pickard. He then forced a turnover and set up Coyle at the front of
the net to double the lead 44 seconds into the second period.
Savoie and Draisaitl scored 1:40 apart to pull Edmonton even midway through the
second before Mateychuk put Columbus ahead again 30 seconds later, burying Sean
Monahan's long rebound.
Fantilli added a goal, his third in as many games, with 1:38 left in the period
with an assist from Kirill Marchenko, which extended his point streak to 10
games.
Olivier gave Columbus a three-goal cushion at 7:30 of the third, which lasted
just 27 seconds before Podkolzin scored, assisted by Jack Roslovic with his
11th point in 10 games. Draisaitl's second score pulled Edmonton within a goal
with 8:33 left.
Columbus played its first game without captain Boone Jenner, who's expected to
miss extended time with an upper-body injury.
Up next Oilers: Visit Carolina on Saturday. Blue Jackets: Host New York Rangers on Saturday. --- AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl |
