Oilers’ Podkolzin ejected for defending McDavid in heated first period against Ducks

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Things got tense in a hurry in Edmonton’s Rogers Place Thursday night. Just over eight minutes into the Oilers’ game against the Anaheim Ducks, captain Connor McDavid drove to the opposition’s net, but found himself in the receiving end of a hit from defenceman Drew Helleson. McDavid, who already got a shot away at the…