Vancouver Canucks @ Edmonton Oilers
Draisaitl scores twice, McDavid has 3 assists to extend streak and Oilers beat skidding Canucks 4-2
EDMONTON, Alberta -- — Leon Draisaitl had two goals and an assist, Connor McDavid added three more assists and the Edmonton Oilers beat the struggling Vancouver Canucks 4-2 on Saturday night.
Mattias Ekholm and Jason Dickinson also scored for the Oilers (12-3-3), who snapped a two-game slide. Edmonton is 10-0-2 when scoring first this season.
Devon Levi returned from an injury to make 20 saves and improve to 7-1-0 in the Edmonton net.
Max Sasson and Brock Boeser scored for the Canucks (3-15-1), who have lost five straight. They are 1-14-1 since a 2-1 start.
Leevi Merilainen stopped 26 shots for Vancouver.
McDavid extended his season-opening assist streak to 18 games. He leads the NHL with 37 assists and 47 points.
The Oilers' captain matched Adam Oates for the second-longest assist streak in league history behind Wayne Gretzky (23 games) in 1990-91. McDavid also became the sixth NHL player with at least one point in the first 18 games of a season.
Dickinson scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third and Edmonton made it 3-1 four minutes into the period when its potent power play struck. McDavid sent the puck across to Draisaitl and he unleashed a one-timer.
Boeser scored at 17:25 but Draisaitl added an empty-netter for his 16th goal with 45 seconds remaining.
Oilers defenseman Evan Bouchard had an assist, extending his points streak to six games. He and Draisaitl both have points in 16 of 18 games.
The Canucks came in giving up 4.61 goals per game. Meanwhile, the Oilers entered as the league’s highest-scoring team at 4.12 goals per game.
Canucks: Host the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night.
Oilers: Host the New York Rangers on Monday night.
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