Draisaitl tied it 1-1 with 1:20 left in the third period when his net-front shot went up off Linus Ullmark then in off of the goalie’s back.
“The feelings afterwards feels more like a playoff game because it felt like we had it,” Ullmark said. “Slipped out of our hands in that final minute. I mean, I got to take ownership to it as well. There’s no reason for me to freeze that puck [on the previous play when I] could keep it rolling and maybe turn it around and score an empty-netter.”
McDavid had two assists to extend his point streak to 12 games for Edmonton (38-20-2), which won its fifth straight. McDavid has 28 points (two goals, 26 assists) on his streak.
Evan Bouchard also had two assists, and Stuart Skinner made 25 saves.
“I thought we had a lot of opportunities,” Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said. “We played a good hockey team, and their goaltender made some great saves. Usually after a game, even when you lose, you’re disappointed but you’re thinking, ‘oh, the process was good,’ and that’s kind of what I was thinking. And then we say we weren’t done yet.”
Pavel Zacha scored, and Ullmark made 24 saves for Boston (36-13-15), which has lost five of its past seven (2-1-4).
“It wasn’t meant to be today,” Zacha said. “I think that’s something that, you know, we just have to keep pushing instead of kind of backing out a little bit the last five, 10 minutes of the third, and try to even score a goal and play more offensive.”
