EDMONTON — No team comes back at you in the third period like the Anaheim Ducks. A franchise that was conceived by a movie has embraced Hollywood comebacks this season, trailing in all 17 games since the Olympic break but still managing 11 wins.

And that includes a whacky, 6-5 win over Edmonton a month ago, where the Ducks trailed 2-0, 4-2 and 5-4 before winning in regulation by a 6-5 score.

So when Anaheim shaved a 3-0 Oilers lead to 3-2 on Saturday afternoon, scoring goals nearly three minutes apart midway through the third period, it was going to go one of two ways:

Either the young, up-and-coming Ducks were going to steal the old boys’ lunch again. Or an Oilers team that’s been to two Stanley Cup Finals was going to remind the team that’s missed the playoffs for seven straight seasons just who’s boss.

“It definitely got a little tighter than it needed to,” said Oilers centreman Jason Dickinson, who found himself on the ice for both Ducks goals — not the role he was brought in here to play. “We were playing such a great game up until those two goals. I wear those on my shoulder. They’re going to bug me.

“But the fact that we were able to stick with it — get back to defending hard and advancing pucks to keep them from sustaining the zone........

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