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Vasily Podkolzin and Viktor Arvidsson also
scored to help the Oilers snap a two-game losing streak. Calvin
Pickard made 23 saves.
Edmonton got its superstar captain back, but was missing eight
other regular players, including NHL goals leader Leon Draisaitl,
forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, top-pairing defenseman Mattias
Ekholm and starting goalie Stuart Skinner.
Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and two assists, while Ryan Suter
and Jordan Kyrou also scored for the Blues. They have lost two
straight after winning 12 in a row. St. Louis is on the cusp of
securing a playoff berth of its own.
Takeaways
Blues: Forward Robert Thomas had two assists to extend his
points streak to 10 games (four goals, 18 assists).
Oilers: Arvidsson is starting to heat up at the right time.
After scoring just 10 goals in his first 57 games as an Oilers
this season, he has four goals in his last six games.
Key moment
Shortly after Darnell Nurse made a diving stick check to hamper
Nathan Walker on a breakaway, McDavid took the puck all the way
behind the Blues’ net and sent a backhand pass out front to
Brown, who scored his second of the game and 11th of the season
with 21 seconds left.
Key stat
McDavid became the seventh player in NHL history with at least
five consecutive 65-assist seasons, joining Wayne Gretzky (13),
Bobby Orr (6), Guy Lafleur (6), Peter Stastny (6), Phil Esposito
(5) and Adam Oates (5).
Up next
The Blues are at Seattle on Saturday night, then close the
regular season at home against Utah on Tuesday night. The Oilers
host San Jose on Friday night.
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