EDMONTON — The Vancouver Canucks almost came back, but the Edmonton Oilers came to play in Game 4.
In a pivotal game — an Oilers loss would’ve pushed them to the brink against a team that had beaten them in six of seven previous meetings going into Tuesday night’s contest — the Oilers were attentive in their own end, sacrificed to block shots, were detailed on the breakout and robust in their two-way game across all 200-feet of Rogers Place ice.
And they still almost coughed up a game that they dominated, in part because the never say die Canucks are the absolute kings of the...