EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers needed some kind of positive response after their humiliating 9-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.

It certainly didn’t look like they'd make amends for that beat down — tied for worst loss at home in franchise history — on Monday night against Columbus however, as more bad giveaways had led them trailing the Blue Jackets 4-2 with 6 1/2 minutes left in the third period.

But then they turned things around in a manner that they hope is a harbinger of things to come as they mounted a furious comeback, culminating in Jack Roslovic scoring on a backhand 56 seconds into overtime to register a 5-4 victory.

“Sometimes you get nice bounces and get off the losing streak. It’s nice to see a crazy one go in,” said Roslovic, who went unsigned through free age

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