from Mark Spector of Sportsnet,

You can look at a game where the goaltending was sub-par, where a couple of your best players were average at best, where you had another awful second period, and say it was a point wasted.

Or, you can assess a game where you trailed a top team by a score of 4-1 with 26 minutes to play, and you rescued a point in a 6-5 overtime loss, and say, “We’ll take it.”

The Edmonton Oilers will likely do the latter, after collecting just their second loser point of the season in a game that a better — and healthier — Bruins team would surely lock down.

“There were a few mistakes,” said Oilers winger Corey Perry, who scored his third as an Oiler. “But we found a way to get a point and that is all that matters after being down 4-1.”

his was like one of those old Smythe Division specials, with 11 goals — and only one on the power play. Neither goalie, Stuart Skinner or Jeremy Swayman, distinguished themselves, but both gutted it out, making massive saves in overtime before Charlie McAvoy weaved his way through the slot to cash an OT beauty.

If hockey is a game of mistakes, well, then this was certainly a hockey game. Two good teams, neither of whom will enjoy their video session on Thursday.

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Game highlights are below.