EDMONTON Custom Buffalo Sabres Jerseys , Alberta (AP) Oilers weren¡¯t about to let another 2-0 lead slip away.Connor McDavid scored at 2:19 of overtime and had an assist to lead Edmonton past the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Thursday night, two days after the Oilers blew a two-goal advantage in the third period of a 3-2 loss to Boston.¡±Going into the third, we didn¡¯t want to repeat the result we had from the previous game,¡± defenseman Adam Larsson said. ¡±They made a push, but I thought we answered it today. I thought we did a lot of good things. Even when they scored, we still felt like we had some momentum and we didn¡¯t lose that, we just kept battling and it paid off.¡±Leon Draisaitl had a goal and set up McDavid¡¯s winner. Zack Kassian also scored for the Oilers, who won for just the second time in their last nine games.¡±From an offensive perspective, he was a force www.officialflames.com ,¡± Edmonton coach Todd McLellan said about Draisaitl, who has 54 points in 56 games this season. ¡±He used his body very well and accelerated out of protecting the puck where he could push off and create space for himself. Really on both goals, that was nice to see. I thought that line started slow and got going as the night went on and Leon was a big part of it.¡±Samuel Girard and Colin Wilson scored for the Avalanche, who have lost three of four.¡±It wasn¡¯t a great game by us,¡± coach Jared Bednar said. ¡±I think they had a good game ¨C I don¡¯t think we did. For me, I think we¡¯re lucky to get a point out of that. I don¡¯t think it was a great team effort by us.¡±The Oilers certainly had the bulk of the pressure in the scoreless first period, putting 19 shots on Colorado goalie Semyon Varlamov to seven by the Avalanche on Edmonton starter Cam Talbot.Edmonton broke the deadlock three minutes into the second as Draisaitl put on a clinic, faking out Mikko Rantanen before beating Varlamov up high with a backhander for his 18th of the season.A few minutes later, Varlamov was able to stop McDavid on a clear breakaway and later in the period did the same against Edmonton forward Anton Slepyshev.Edmonton made it 2-0 with 5 1/2 minutes to play in the second when Mark Letestu hooked a shot in front to help Kassian score his seventh.Colorado got a goal back with 19 seconds remaining in the period when Girard¡¯s point shot hit the post and caromed in.The Avalanche tied the game 50 seconds into the third when a pass deflected off an Oilers defender to Wilson Calgary Flames T-Shirts Authentic , who scored his sixth of the season.NOTES: Edmonton won the season series 2-1, including a 4-2 victory on Sunday when McDavid had a hat trick. ¡­ Out of the lineup for the Oilers were Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (upper body), Andrej Sekera (head), Patrick Maroon (lower body) and Drake Caggiula (illness). ¡­ Absent for the Avalanche were Vladislav Kamenev (arm), Mark Barberio (lower body), Jonathan Bernier (concussion), Erik Johnson (upper body), Sven Andrighetto (leg) and Anton Lindholm (upper body).UP NEXTAvalanche: Conclude a three-game road trip Saturday in Calgary.Oilers: At the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.¡ª WASHINGTON (AP) ¡ª Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals will get a chance to celebrate their Stanley Cup championship with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday. One player has already said he won¡¯t attend.Minutes after the Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Tuesday night, forward Brett Connolly said he would skip the ceremony.¡°I said what I needed to say Calgary Flames Hoodies Authentic ,¡± said Connolly, who had hinted that he would not attend before the White House sent the invitation. ¡°Respectfully, decline. That¡¯s all I will say about it. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. It¡¯s obviously a big deal and gains a lot of attention, but I have been in full support of an old teammate that I am really good friends with and I agreed with.¡±Connolly, who is Canadian, did not identify the player.The most obvious choice is forward Devante Smith-Pelly, who is currently in the minors. He had told Postmedia in Canada during the Stanley Cup final that he wouldn¡¯t go to the White House.Ovechkin and his teammates are continuing the NHL tradition of visiting the sitting president after some recent champions in other leagues have chosen not to.The Russian-born captain and playoff MVP said he was excited about the White House trip after the game and planned to attend.¡°I can¡¯t wait,¡± Ovechkin had said in June. ¡°I never been there. I want to take pictures around it. It will be fun.¡±The Capitals are Washington¡¯s first champions in the four major North American sports leagues since the NFL¡¯s Redskins in 1992, also the last hometown pro team to visit the White House.This visit has political undertones given that special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia and whether the president obstructed the investigation. Ovechkin has been a vocal supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin Calgary Flames Hats Authentic , and fellow countrymen Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dmitry Orlov are also on the team.After posting on Instagram about Putin in November 2017, Ovechkin said it was not political while adding that he had a good relationship with Putin.¡°I just support my president and just support my country because I¡¯m from there, and you know, if people from U.S. came to Russia, they care about what happen in the U.S.,¡± Ovechkin said. ¡°So, I care about what happening in Russia because it¡¯s my home and it¡¯s where I¡¯m from.¡±The 2017 champion Pittsburgh Penguins visited the White House and Trump. Back-to-back Cup-winning coach Mike Sullivan said at the White House in October 2017 that the team¡¯s visit was not political and the Penguins were ¡°simply honoring our championship and the accomplishments of this group of players over this season or the last two seasons.¡±The NBA¡¯s Golden State Warriors decided not to go to the White House after either of their past two championships. Several players met with former President Barack Obama before facing the Washington Wizards in February.The NFL¡¯s Philadelphia Eagles had a visit planned, but only two players planned to go to the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl win, and Trump rescinded their invitation on the eve of the gathering. After the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl in February Custom Calgary Flames Jerseys , defensive back Devin McCourty said he wouldn¡¯t go if the team visited Trump, which it did in 2017 ¡ª absent quarterback Tom Brady and others.Major League Baseball¡¯s Boston Red Sox are scheduled to celebrate their World Series championship at the White House on May 9.They won the first Stanley Cup in franchise history last June against the Vegas Golden Knights.¡°It will be fun,¡± center Nicklas Backstrom said of the White House trip on Tuesday night. ¡°It¡¯s exciting. Any time you get an invitation from the president and be at the White House, it¡¯s going to be a great experience, I think.¡±Goaltender Braden Holtby said at the time the Capitals would make a team decision about the White House and ¡°weigh the positives and negatives of everything.¡±¡°In any situation like that, you want to make sure you¡¯re doing what¡¯s right for what you believe in and that should take thought ¡ª and weigh a group decision,¡± Holtby said.