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Player grades: Edmonton Oilers with comeback OT miracle 4-3 over Los Angeles

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Edmonton came out weak and kept it up throughout the first two periods, getting down 3-1 .

Two mental errors by veteran d-men Darnell Nurse and Evan Bouchard led to two goals against.

Connor McDavid got Edmonton ’s first Grade A 11 minutes in, but only after the Kings had dominated.

He fought off a check and charged up ice to set up Draisaitl for a solid PP shot in the second .

Evan Bouchard scored twice in overtime to tie the Kings 3-2 in the final game.

Boughard also scored a goal in the third to give the Oilers hope by firing a slot shot off Drew Doughty and in.

Calvin Pickard got it done early, but was outplayed by Kuemper overall.

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