"Frederic, who was given a nice hand from the crowd when his obligatory welcome-back video was played, very well may have tripped on a fellow Oiler. Nonetheless, it didn't take long for Edmonton to cash in. McDavid took a Draisaitl feed at the side of the net and he calmly waited for Ryan Nugent-Hopkins to sneak behind Sean Kuraly at the opposite post. McDavid hit him for a perfect redirect goal for the 1-0 Edmonton lead at 13:38 of the first period."
"But the Bruins' power play isn't bad, either, and it got them back to even at 16:27 of the first on a nice give-and-go. With Darnell Nurse in the box for tripping Marat Khusnutdinov, Elias Lindholm gained the blue line after taking a neutral zone feed from Pavel Zacha and sifted a return pass to Zacha for a clean break-in. Zacha beat Tristan Jarry with a pretty backhander for his ninth goal of the season."
The Bruins largely contained Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and the Oilers at 5-on-5, but McDavid produced a primary assist on a power-play goal and scored a shorthanded goal to lead Edmonton to victory. Boston managed little offense at 5-on-5 and dropped the second game of a five-game homestand. For the fifth consecutive game, Boston allowed the opening goal. Mark Kastelic's tripping penalty on Trent Frederic allowed the Oilers' top-ranked power play to convert. Boston's power play evened the game when Elias Lindholm set up Pavel Zacha for a clean break-in backhand. Boston killed a subsequent penalty to start the second.
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