Columbus Blue Jackets make amends for OT loss to Edmonton Oilers: takeaways

The NHL’s oft-cited “hockey gods” are the sport’s invisible purveyors of puck luck, and they don’t always give second chances to those scorched by misfortunes. When it happens, however, it looks a lot like the Blue Jackets’ 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Nov. 13 at Nationwide Arena. As a sellout crowd of 18,749 hung on every touch of the puck, the Jackets somehow made their one-goal lead stand up against a fevered push by Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and the Oilers just four days after collapsing late in a 5-4 overtime loss in Edmonton. Jack Roslovic, a former Blue Jackets forward from Columbus, decided that game with a breakaway goal in overtime. Four days later, he didn’t get a...