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The Day After 8.0 Highlights: McDavid hat trick leads Oilers to 6-5 win
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By Zach Laing
Oct 28, 2022, 08:00 EDTUpdated: Oct 28, 2022, 13:24 EDT
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A Connor McDavid hat trick helped lead the way for the Edmonton Oilers as they mounted three comebacks to beat the Chicago Blackhawks Thursday night.
The Oilers battled back from 2-1, 3-2 and 4-3 deficits and got some big goals in big moments.
Zach Hyman broke open the scoring halfway through the first before Connor McDavid notched two tallies in the second period. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored 24 seconds into the third period and then halfway through that frame, McDavid used a screen from a defenceman to snipe home his hat trick goal.
With 37.6 seconds left on the clock in the final frame and the game tied at 5, it was the birthday boy — Leon Draisaitl — who scored his fourth goal of the year to give the Oilers a victory.
There was much more to talk about through the game that saw 17 powerplays and 40 penalty minutes divied up.
Let’s take a look at all the highlights from that crazy affair down below.
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here’s athanasiou’s goal.
reese johnson makes it a 2-1 game for the blackhawks. caleb jones (because of course) gets an assist.
oh boy, what a goal from connor mcdavid. 2-2.
a moment after connor mcdavid ties it 2-2 jonathan toews gives chicago a 3-2 lead.
things getting chippy between the oilers and blackhawks.
connor mcdavid is cooking. the oilers tie this game up at 3.
evander kane scores (?) to give the oilers a 4-3 lead (?) but the goal has been waived off (?). we'll see what comes of this.
"the call on the ice is no goal"
chicago scores on a 5-on-3 to make it 4-3.
stay hot ryan nugent-hopkins! he ties this game up at 4.
connor mcdavid are you kidding me?!?! what a way to score a hat trick!
patrick kane scored late to make it 5-5.
the birthday boy scores with 37.6 left in the game!! what a goal from leon draisaitl.
Zach Laing is the Nation Network’s news director and senior columnist. He can be followed on Twitter at @zjlaing, or reached by email at zach@oilersnation.com.
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