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Rangers head coach David Quinn said his team showed some tenacity by not giving up, but they should not have been in the situation in the first place.
After allowing a goal 11 seconds into their loss to Calgary on Friday, the Oilers scored 11 seconds into their game against the Rangers on their first shot, asmade a backhand pass in front to Neal, who directed home his 17th of the season past New York goalieEdmonton took a two-goal lead on the power play nine minutes into the opening period as Neal tipped in a longThe Oilers kept coming with yet another goal two minutes later as Nugent-Hopkins redirected in his eighth of the season off of...
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