Blue Jackets overcome 4 points from McDavid, hold off Oilers

COLUMBUS -- The Columbus Blue Jackets overcame four points from Connor McDavid to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 6-5 at Nationwide Arena on Saturday.

The Oilers captain, who had two goals and two assists, leads the NHL in goals (48), assists (65) and points (113).
Edmonton fell behind 4-0 before scoring four goals in an 8:02 span in the second period to tie it. Columbus then scored twice in the third peirod to retake the lead before holding on for the win.
"It was an embarrassing start and then it's an embarrassing finish. Not quite good enough," McDavid said. "They skated well. They are a fast team. They work hard and did a lot of good things early on. We did a good job taking over the game the last 30 minutes. We came up short."
Jack Roslovic had two goals and two assists, Kirill Marchenko scored twice, and Patrik Laine had a goal and two assists for the Blue Jackets (19-35-5). Joonas Korpisalo made 42 saves.
"Anytime we can get a win, it's uplifting. It's good for all the guys," Roslovic said.

Leon Draisaitl extended his goal streak to seven games for the Oilers (32-20-8), who had a five-game point streak end (2-0-3). Jack Campbell allowed four goals on 14 shots before being replaced by Stuart Skinner, who made 10 saves.
"I know we mounted a comeback and we had some people that had some good efforts, but not enough. Too many passengers today for us," Edmonton coach Jay Woodcroft said. "And in the end, not detailed enough, and we were made to pay. We beat ourselves today in a lot of ways. … All credit to Columbus for playing hard. Certainly, we're respectful of that, but I believe we beat ourselves today."
Roslovic put Columbus back in front 5-4 at 9:01 of the third period, scoring on a long rebound for his first goal in 14 games. He then made it 6-4 at 14:56.
With Skinner pulled for an extra skater, Zach Hyman got the Oilers within 6-5 at 17:04.
Korpisalo finished with 22 saves in the third period.
"They were peppering us," Blue Jackets coach Brad Larsen said. "'Korpi' really stood tall, and then we made them pay for a couple of mistakes, that was that key, Jack with two huge goals."

Marchenko gave the Blue Jackets a 1-0 lead at 1:14 of the first period.
Boone Jenner extended it to 2-0 at 1:33 of the second with a power-play goal, and Marchenko scored his second at 3:24 to make it 3-0.
"It's a fun a game. So many goals make it fun," Marchenko said. "It was a good game, an important game for us."
Laine pushed it to 4-0 at 5:56 before Warren Foegele cut it to 4-1 at 6:40.
"We've got to show up on time," Foegele said. "I didn't think enough of us did that. As a group, we just got to we've got to show up for a full 60. We kind of left [Campbell] out to dry there."
Draisaitl scored during a 5-on-3 power play to make it 4-2 at 9:42. He has seven goals during his streak.
McDavid scored short-handed to pull the Oilers to within 4-3 at 12:51 before tying it 4-4 at 14:42 with a slap shot from the top of the right circle.
"Connor played very hard and tried to do things to spur the team on, but again, it's the National Hockey League, you need all 20 people in the lineup to find ways to contribute to the win," Woodcroft said.
NOTES:McDavid is the only other Oilers player since 1989 to have a goal streak as long as Draisaitl. He scored in seven straight earlier this season, from Nov. 28-Dec. 9. … McDavid has 16 points (six goals, 10 assists) in a six-game point streak. It was his 10th four-point game and 32nd multipoint game this season. … Oilers defenseman Tyson Barrie had two assists to extend his point streak to six games (three goals, five assists). … Marchenko became the second rookie in Blue Jackets history to have at least three multigoal games in a season, joining Serge Aubin in 2000-01. … Roslovic's four-point game tied his NHL career high. … Columbus forward Cole Sillinger returned from missing one game because of an illness. He had one shot on goal in 9:34 of ice time. … Blue Jackets defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov was scratched for the sixth straight game for "trade-related reasons".