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The Day After 8.0: There’s no such thing as a dull moment with these Oilers

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28.10.2025
When you make a living writing about sports, sometimes you can see the writing on the wall.

As was the case for this scribe, who started work on this article with about 10 minutes left in Thursday night’s game between the host Edmonton Oilers and visiting Montreal Canadiens. The score was 5-3 in favour of the Habs, who roared back from a 3-1 third-period deficit to take what felt like a commanding lead.

This scribe may have gotten ahead of himself because in the final eight minutes and 41 seconds of the third period, the Oilers found a way to win the game. It came off the back of a pair of power play goals from Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, and a glorious spin-o-rama backhand goal from Vasily Podkolzin — his first since his father suddenly passed away in late........

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