Game Highlights 60.0: Columbus Blue Jackets beat Edmonton Oilers 6-5

The Edmonton Oilers dropped a frustrating one on Saturday afternoon in Columbus. They let the Blue Jackets get out to a 4-0 lead, dragged themselves back into the game and tied it at 4-4, but couldn’t complete the comeback and lost 6-5.

Below are the highlights from the game…

The Blue Jackets came flying out of the gate and Kirill Marchenko made the score 1-0 with a goal just over one minute into the game…

The second period saw another quick start for Columbus. Vincent Desharnais took a slashing penalty at the end of the first frame and the Blue Jackets took advantage of the power play. Not long after, Marchenko scored his second of the game to make the score 3-0…

Patrik Laine increased the Blue Jackets’ lead to 4-0 with a goal from an incredibly sharp angle. This one put an end to Jack Campbell’s afternoon…

Under one minute later, Warren Foegele gave the Oilers some life with his 11th goal of the season…

The Blue Jackets gave the Oilers a golden opportunity to get back into the game by taking two penalties within the span of 24 seconds. Leon Draisaitl buried his 36th of the season to make the score 4-2…

The Oilers gave Columbus a power play opportunity of their own a few minutes later but Connor McDavid brought the game to within one with a short-handed beauty…

 

The ice started to tilt heavily in Edmonton’s favour and McDavid tied the game at 4-4 before the end of the second period…

The Oilers continued to press in the third period but it was the Blue Jackets who wound up breaking through after nine minutes of scoreless play. Edmonton failed to break out of their own zone and Jack Roslovic capitalized…

The Oilers got caught looking up ice and Roslovic added another goal to make the score 6-4 with just over five minutes to go in the third period…

Zach Hyman scored while the Oilers had the goalie pulled to make the score 6-5 but they weren’t able to complete the comeback…