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EDMONTON –

It wasn’t how Leon Draisaitl envisioned getting his league-leading 20th goal of the season, but he’s perfectly fine with it.

Draisaitl had the game-winning goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers won their third game in a row, hanging on to get past the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Tuesday.

Edmonton took a 2-1 lead with eight minutes to play in the second period as Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy made a big stop on Draisaitl on a breakaway and attempted to sweep the rebound to safety, only to have it hit defender Victor Hedman and carom into the net. Draisaitl had already carried on past the net at the time it went in and thought maybe one of his linemates followed through.

“Originally, I thought maybe it was (Vasily Podkolzin) or maybe (Kasperi Kapanen). Whatever. It was not pretty, but I’ll take it,” he said.

The goal went into …