EDMONTON — Playing on a line with Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl may sound like a dream job for Trent Frederic. But he’ll tell you, playing alongside Patrice Bergeron in Boston was also a plum assignment.

“I played with Bergy once,” Frederic said on Sunday. “I ran into him and broke his nose.”

In their first pre-season outing last week, the Edmonton Oilers‘ top line was, er, less than stellar. They went minus-3 across the board, no points, and a forgettable pre-season debut, in a 4-1 loss to Seattle.

“You play with the best two players in the world and go minus-3? I was a little nervous tonight,” Frederic laughed after Sunday’s win.

The McDavid line dominated a Vancouver Canucks lineup that featured starter Thatcher Demko, four NHL defencemen, and a smattering of regulars at forward

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