VANCOUVER — At the end of seven games in six cities over 11 days, with seven players injured and as much downtime as, well, 7-Eleven, the last thing the Vancouver Canucks needed on Sunday night was some overtime. Against Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid.

But after losing a two-goal lead for the second time in 27 hours, the Canucks survived the Edmonton Oilers’ superstars — probably the best two players on this planet — on the first three-on-three shift and then played keep-away with the puck on the next one until Brock Boeser’s purposeful shot was tipped in by Kiefer Sherwood at 1:42 of OT for a 4-3 win Vancouver desperately needed.

On Monday, the Canucks will rest.

Before playing the New York Rangers on Tuesday when J.T. Miller visits Vancouver for the first time since his blockbuster

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