Edmonton Oilers trounce Ducks; Draisaitl gets 50th goal – Edmonton
Leon Draisaitl scored his fiftieth purpose of the season Sunday evening because the Edmonton Oilers cruised to a 6-1 win over the Anaheim Geese.
“Feels nice,” Draisaitl mentioned after the sport. “We’ve been actually good at house and we clearly wished to carry that on the street; and tonight was an incredible check for us and I believed we dealt with it very well.”
The Oilers jumped on the Geese early, with Tyson Barrie’s level shot eluding John Gibson simply earlier than the sport turned 5 minutes outdated. The Oilers gained a face-off on an influence play and Connor McDavid promptly sniped his fortieth to make it 2-0. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins struck for his ninth later within the first.
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Jesse Puljujarvi discovered the puck in entrance and outwaited Gibson earlier than roofing his thirteenth to make it 4-0 early within the second.
The Geese obtained on the board 3:16 into the third when Zach Aston-Reese fired a rebound previous Mike Smith. Brett Kulak picked up his first an Oilers when his level shot went via Gibson and trickled over the purpose line. Draisaitl picked up an help on the play for this one centesimal level of the season.
With 3:58 to go, Kulak fed a cross-ice to Draisaitl, who one-timed in his fiftieth of the season. He additionally scored 50 within the 2018/19 season.
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Previous to the sport, the Oilers introduced goalie Mikko Koskinen was out with a non-COVID sickness. Stuart Skinner was referred to as up on an emergency foundation to back-up Smith.
“We’ve been form of preaching — speaking loads about how we need to play shifting ahead and I believed from begin to end we have been actually stable tonight,” Smith mentioned.
McDavid had three factors to increase his level streak to 13 video games whereas Draisaitl took his streak to 12.
“We got here out with a sport plan of getting all people contribute for a full 60 minutes and I believed it was a full 60-minute effort for our group; it’s optimistic,” Oilers head coach Jay Woodcroft mentioned.
The Oilers, 40-25-5, will proceed their street journey Tuesday in San Jose.
