Connor McDavid scored three objectives and added an help because the Edmonton Oilers routed the visiting Seattle Kraken 9-4 on Thursday.
Leon Draisaitl had a aim and three assists and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Evan Bouchard every had three helpers for the Oilers, who went 4-for-5 on the facility play.
Edmonton’s Matt Savoie scored twice and Vasily Podkolzin, Zach Hyman and Mattias Janmark additionally tallied. Calvin Pickard made 28 saves because the Oilers improved to 3-2-1 of their previous six video games.
Eeli Tolvanen, Freddy Gaudreau, Jared McCann and Jani Nyman scored for Seattle, which misplaced its fourth sport in a row (0-3-1). Kaapo Kakko registered two assists.
Kraken goalie Joey Daccord was pulled within the second interval after permitting 5 objectives on 14 photographs. Philipp Grubauer did not fare significantly better in aid, giving up 4 objectives on 18 makes an attempt.
McDavid opened the scoring at 7:17 of the primary interval on a wrist shot from simply exterior the left faceoff dot.
Podkolzin made it 2-0 simply 17 seconds afterward a one-timer from low on the proper wing that snuck between Daccord’s pads.
The Oilers struck on the facility play at 11:27 of the primary. McDavid made a cross via the highest of the crease to Draisaitl on the proper wing for a one-timer that gave Daccord no likelihood.
The Kraken received on the board at 16:07 of the opening interval, lower than a second after an Edmonton penalty expired. Brandon Montour’s broken-stick slap shot from the blue line went off Podkolzin’s skate, and Tolvanen blasted the rebound into the web from the proper faceoff dot.
Seattle pulled inside 3-2 at 19:33 of the primary when Gaudreau stole the puck from Draisaitl within the Oilers’ finish, skated in alone and beat Pickard with a backhander.
Savoie scored on a short-handed breakaway at 2:28 of the second to make it 4-2.
McDavid restored the three-goal lead with the person benefit at 6:14 of the second, catching Daccord flat-footed on a wrist shot from low on the left wing.
Hyman greeted Grubauer by scoring on a breakaway at 8:53 of the center interval.
McCann scored on a rebound of a Jordan Eberle shot at 9:30 of the second to make it 6-3.
Janmark transformed his personal rebound at 2:03 of the third. McDavid and Savoie scored on the facility play, at 6:59 and eight:58, respectively, with Montour serving a double-minor for high-sticking.
Nyman capped the scoring with 4.5 seconds remaining.
–Discipline Degree Media
