EDMONTON — The hapless Buffalo Sabres, on a back-to-back. Against an Edmonton Oilers team that’s rested and finding its groove.

Talk about a wasted point.

“Yeah, yeah. That’s what I think,” said Vasily Podkolzin. “We had to win it.”

On a night where the worst franchise in hockey walked into Edmonton’s barn and outplayed them, the miracle ending softened the blow somewhat for the home side. A Connor McDavid six-on-five goal at 19:58 of the third gave everyone something else to talk about, instead of another Evan Bouchard defensive mess and an Oilers attack that runs the “four corner offence” better than Duke.

It’s not fatal. But a performance like this one — just as Edmonton had found a more straight-ahead game that marked a turning point in their season — is a mystery at best, a minor

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