The St Louis Blues allowed the go-ahead goal with 21 seconds remaining, falling to the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Wednesday, April 9 at Rogers Place in Edmonton.

The Blues had no answer for Connor McDavid, who returned from injury to provide three assists. His third assist came after the Blues’ Nathan Walker attempted to convert a breakaway pass into a winning goal, only for McDavid to lead a counter that set up Connor Brown’s backhander that got past Jordan Binnington. McDavid also assisted on Brown’s first goal that tied the game early in the second period, and on Vasily Podkolzin’s goal 11 minutes later that put the Blues on the back skate the rest of the night.

Ryan Suter opened the scoring nearly nine minutes into the game with a short-handed goal, while Jordan Kyrou and Pavel Buchnevich recorded goals in the third period that kept the Blues within striking distance. The Blues outshot the Oilers 26-23, but could not secure the win, instead getting swept in the season series by the Pacific Division’s third-place team,

The Blues are now in the second wild card spot following Minnesota’s win Wednesday night over San Jose. Both the Blues and Wild are on 93 points, but Minnesota still have a game in hand. Minnesota’s win eliminated Vancouver and Utah from playoff contention.  Calgary fell in overtime Wednesday night at Anaheim, putting them five points behind the Blues with two games in hand.  Minnesota and Calgary face off Friday night in Calgary. The Blues’ last road game of the regular season is Saturday night in Seattle; puck drop is at 8 p.m.