Well, tonight isn’t technically a must-win game for the Edmonton Oilers, but it’s as close as you can get. After dropping game two in heartbreaking fashion, Connor McDavid and company must rebound in a hurry if they want to stay in this best-of-seven. They haven’t played poorly in either of the first two games against the Jets, you could actually make a pretty sound argument that they were actually the better team in each of the games, but they haven’t been getting the bounces and they haven’t done a good enough job finishing off their chances in the offensive zone. They’ll need @Mike Smith to be good once again as this series hits the road, but they’ll also need both of their star forwards to show why they’re considered two of the best offensive players in the game. As bad as the first two games have felt, the Oilers could tie this series up within 48 hours. That should have you feeling at least a little optimistic.
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