GAME STORY: Bruins 3, Oilers 2

EDMONTON, AB - David Krejci's marker with 1:04 remaining in the game proved to be the winner, as the Bruins scored three unanswered in the third period to hand the Oilers a 3-2 loss Tuesday at Rogers Place.
Edmonton falls to 24-31-4 on the season and 10-13 in one-goal games.

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Ryan Strome and Jujhar Khaira each scored their ninth goals of the season, while Cam Talbot made 42 saves.
Edmonton went 3-for-3 on the penalty kill and 0-for-1 on the man advantage.
The club lost the faceoff battle, winning 34 percent of the draws.
Kris Russell played 19:57, had five blocked shots, three hits, two shots on goal and one post in what was his 700th career NHL game.
Entering the matchup, the Oilers had been undefeated when leading after two periods. The club is 13-1-0 now due to Boston's third-period onslaught, as the visiting side erased a two-goal deficit and added a winner late.
"Once we got the 2-0 lead and came in from the break, I didn't think we were very aggressive," said Oilers Head Coach Todd McLellan. "I thought we were playing more to protect. We weren't assertive enough, we didn't play in their end enough and we didn't pressure them below the goal line."
Despite only having two shots on goal with less than two minutes to play in the opening frame, the Oilers opened the scoring for the first time since Feb. 5.
Brandon Davidson was in the box for embellishment, while Torey Krug served a minor for slashing, causing 4-on-4 hockey.
Strome took advantage of the open ice, skating in on his off-wing and releasing a wrister low glove on goaltender Anton Khudobin. The unassisted marker made it two straight games Strome had scored - the first time he's done that all season.
Edmonton ended the period with three shots on goal, leading 1-0.
"When we dictate pace, we're a good team," said Russell. "We showed that in the first - we had a lot of shots blocked - but we were playing and getting pucks deep."

Talbot flashed instances of brilliance in the second period, flashing the leather on Brad Marchand early in the frame then eating Patrice Bergeron's one-timer from the slot while shorthanded.
The netminder caught some luck when David Pastrnak's rip dinged the iron but reigned as king of the crease after David Backes and a group of Bruins knocked on the door during Matt Benning's slashing penalty. Talbot's stellar work caused the Oilers to gain a two-goal lead, thanks to Khaira scoring at 11:38.
"They had 10 shots in their power play opportunities and I thought he did some of his best work in that situation," said McLellan of Talbot.
"It's too bad we couldn't reward him with a win."
Khaira received a pass in his skate within the Bruins' zone and launched a quick shot off, placing the puck under the bar to make it 2-0 Edmonton. Anton Slepyshev and Darnell Nurse received helpers on the play.
The B's evaporated Edmonton's two-goal lead in the third with markers from Noel Acciari and Matt Grzelcyk.

"I don't know if we respected them too much but I didn't think we were near aggressive enough with our approach to the game in the third period," said McLellan.
Acciari's wraparound attempt bounced in off Strome's skate and Grzelcyk deposited a no-look pass from Riley Nash. Krejci's slot-shelf snapper then gave the Bruins a 3-2 lead with 1:04 remaining.
"They're deadly from below the goal line into that slot area," said McLellan.
The Oilers received their first power play of the night with 44 seconds remaining but couldn't convert.
The club will host the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday.