Canucks fall 4-3 in overtime to Oilers in Game 2

The Edmonton Oilers loaded up their top line for Game 2 against the Vancouver Canucks, putting Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl together in hopes of tying up the series 1-1. The game kicked off with the Canucks' top players combining for the opening goal.

The goal came on an early Vancouver Canucks power play, as J.T. Miller stared down Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner, freezing him in place before sending a no-look, cross-seam pass to Pettersson for a one-timer into the open net.The other side of the Oilers' special teams responded, however, as Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl combined for a power play give-and-go that Draisaitl snapped past Arturs Silovs to tie the game.

The one-goal lead didn't last long. A pass from Soucy in Nikita Zadorov's skates led to a turnover in the Canucks' zone. Draisaitl nabbed the puck and tried to centre to McDavid, only for the puck to deflect off his skate to Mattias Ekholm, who fired it past Silovs. The Canucks still came out of the second period with the lead, however, thanks to yet another goal by the new Vancouver folk hero, Nikita Zadorov. Similar to a goal he scored against the Predators, Zadorov dashed up the left wing, then caught Skinner off-guard with a bad-angle shot that went just under the bar on the short side.

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