THE BRIGHT SIDE

• Leon Draisaitl opened the scoring for the Oilers tonight after he blasted home a cross-ice pass from, who else, Connor McDavid after the captain found him with space and set him up for the one-timer. The goal not only gave the Oilers the lead but his 47th of the season was also his 100th point. What a year for Draisaitl.
• Connor McDavid scored the Oilers’ second goal of the night with a ridiculous between the legs move that not only fooled Khudobin but also the other 18,000 people in the building. Just a ridiculous goal by McDavid.
• You ever wonder which version of Mikko Koskinen you’re going to get on any given evening? Me too. Fortunately, tonight’s start provided us all with another opportunity to strap in, flip a coin, and take bets on which giant Finn would be showing up to guard the cage. Would we get the guy that looks like he could stop bullets or the one that makes us all feel uncomfortable when anything gets thrown on net? Though I wouldn’t necessarily say he was to blame for the two goals he allowed in regulation, he wasn’t able to outduel his opponent at the other end of the ice. Koskinen finished his night with 20 saves and a .909 save%.
• Ryan Nugent-Hopkins got an assist on Leon Draisaitl’s first period goal which gives him 65 points on the year. Hell of a season for the Nuge and I feel like now is as good of a time as any to remind everyone that he’s only 25 years old and going to keep getting better. #KeepNugeForever

THE FACE PALMERS

• Alex Radulov got the Stars on the board and cut the Oilers’ lead on the power play after he one-timed a cross ice pass from Seguin high over Koskinen’s glove hand. Yeah, I know we’re talking about another glove side goal again but I don’t know that Koskinen had much chance on this one.
• Miro Heiskanen tied the game at two apiece after he took a pass in the high slot and absolutely ripped it past a heavily screened Koskinen who didn’t even move on the play.
• Anton Khudobin was every shade of annoying tonight. Had it not been for him then this game wouldn’t have been close. Lame.
• When you outshoot the other team by a 2:1 margin and lose then you know that something went wrong somewhere. The answer? Khudobin was a real problem.
• Kris Russell left the game in the second period after blocking a shot and did not return until the start of the third. If Russell leaves the game with an injury you know the guy is hurt because he doesn’t normally seem to have a pain threshold.
• Oilers won only 48% of the faceoffs tonight which is a sad sight for this bagged-blogger. I mean, it’s not the worst number to see but there’s definitely room for improvement.
• Edmonton finished the night at 0/1 on the power play. Why did they only get one chance? That’s a good question, but one that we’ll never find the answer to.
• Speaking of special teams, Dallas was able to score on one of their two power play chances and that goal kicked off their comeback.
• Tobias Rieder’s stick is possessed by demons. It’s the only explanation.
• I hate beets so much. As always, you can join in on the #BeetCast conversation over on my Twitter account.

SCORING SUMMARY

#GOODCONTENT