Connor McDavid scored twice in the third period and added an assist in the second and Leon Draisaitl collected a goal and an assist as the host Edmonton Oilers rolled to a 6-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday night.
McDavid notched at least three points in a game for the fourth time this season by making three brilliant plays. He finished off a give-and-go with Draisaitl to give Edmonton a 3-0 lead with 11:06 remaining in the second during a four-on-four before scoring twice in a span of 3:48 during the final period.
Draisaitl moved into a tie with the Florida Panthers’ Sam Reinhart for the league lead by scoring his 16th goal of the season.
McDavid scored 5:49 into the third on a redirection of an Evan Bouchard shot, then faked a pass when New York defenseman Victor Mancini dove in the slot before lifting a shot over Jonathan Quick’s right pad.
Darnell Nurse scored a short-handed goal in the waning seconds of the first period while Vasily Podkolzin and Bouchard also scored for the Oilers, who are 5-2-1 in their past eight games. Connor Brown and Mattias Janmark collected two assists apiece for Edmonton, which is 8-2-1 in its past 11 meetings with New York.
Stuart Skinner made 32 saves and was only beaten by Artemi Panarin with 4:58 left in the second and 3:31 remaining in the third.
Quick allowed six goals on 40 shots.
The Oilers spent virtually the entire opening period in the offensive zone. After Panarin lost the puck along the boards near the right side of the blue line, the Oilers quickly moved into the offensive zone, and Podkolzin sent a one-timer from the edge of the right circle past Quick with 2:26 remaining.
Edmonton took a 2-0 lead when Nurse entered the offensive zone unimpeded, waited for a pass from Janmark, gained possession in the right circle and sent a shot past Quick’s glove.
A little over three minutes after Draisaitl scored, Bouchard took a drop pass from Janmark and lifted a shot from the slot over Quick’s stick.
–Field Level Media
