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The Oilers host the Calgary Flames on Saturday. The game can be seen on Sportsnet & CBC, and heard on the Oilers Radio Network, including 630 CHED. Puck drop is 8:08 p.m. MST.
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"It's going to be like this the rest of the year," said Head Coach Ken Hitchcock post-game. "You're going to be in a battle and there's going to be a lot of emotional times.
"To me, if you're a fan of hockey, you're going to love this."
Neither side could find the go-ahead tally when the game was deadlocked at 2-2 - thanks in part to a second-period coach's challenge by Hitchcock - causing back-and-forth play.
In the fourth period, chances were traded at both ends of the ice as Koskinen was tested by Bo Horvat after a crafty dangle and Jacob Markstrom thwarted Leon Draisaitl on a breakaway.
The biggest stop of the extra session came courtesy of Darnell Nurse, who kicked the puck away from the goal-line to keep the game going. It was the third time the Oilers got a goal-line stop on the night, as defender Kris Russell had two defensive efforts which prevented Vancouver markers.
"I thought we scored, for sure, twice and then the next thing I know, I couldn't believe they didn't score," Hitchcock said.
"Overtime was really exciting."
The Oilers opened the scoring shorthanded with none other than Surrey, BC, product Khaira orchestrating a highlight-reel play for his third of the season in the first period.
With McDavid in the box for high-sticking, Khaira took the puck up ice all alone, weaving in and out of traffic within the offensive zone then punctuating the play with a far side wrister to beat netminder Markstrom.
Khaira's individual effort marked the Oilers fourth shorthanded goal of the season. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins picked up the only assist on the play.
"For me, growing up, I came to a few games here," said Khaira. "Just to score in a building like this is pretty cool."
But Brandon Sutter of the Canucks used the time remaining on the power play to tie things up. The centre fired a shot from the half wall that fooled Koskinen, making it one-all.