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The Day After 17.0: McDavid wills Oilers to uplifting win over Blue Jackets

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12.11.2025
Monday night could’ve gone really bad for the Edmonton Oilers.

Down 3-1 in the dying seconds of the second period to the Columbus Blue Jackets, the boo birds were out in full swing, and rightfully so. The team had just stunk Rogers Place out two nights prior, and it looks like the Oilers were well on track to do so again.

All this, mind you, after Trent Frederic fought the toughest pound-for-pound player in the league, Mathieu Olivier, in the first period, getting bloodied to boot. While the scrap had brought some energy to the team, who for the first time all season seemed to have some fight in them, a putrid second period left a sour taste in the mouths of fans.

But Connor McDavid wasn’t going to let that stand.

Just 58 seconds into the third frame, he put Blue Jackets defenceman........

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