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Oilers blow 4-1 lead, lose 5-4 to Canucks in Game 1

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The Edmonton Oilers blew a 4-1 lead on Wednesday night, handing the hometown Vancouver Canucks a 5-4 win and 1-0 series lead.

It was one of the poorer displays of goaltending you will see by two teams in the same game. And the penalty calls were decidedly one-sided.

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But while the Oilers were really good out of the gate, they went 22+ minutes without a shot on net.

The Canucks, on the other hand, were smart enough to keep putting pucks on net.

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