Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers earned a 6-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday to extend their winning streak to five games.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Connor Brown each had a goal and an assist for the Oilers (18-10-2), who have won eight of their last nine games. Zach Hyman, Corey Perry and Jeff Skinner also scored.

Victor Olofsson, Ivan Barbashev and Brett Howden responded for the Golden Knights (19-8-3), who ended a four-game winning streak but are 8-2-1 in their last 11 games .

Stuart Skinner made 39 saves in net for the Oilers, while Adin Hill recorded 28 saves in net in the Golden Knights’ loss.

Takeaways

Golden Knights: It wasn’t Hill’s night in net for Vegas, allowing five goals on the first 22 shots he faced. Coming into the game, Hill was a killer for the Oilers, including making 28 saves to shut them out in a 1-0 Golden Knights victory on December 3. Hill entered the game with a .916 save percentage through seven regular season games against the Oilers with a .934 save percentage against them in the playoffs.

Oilers: With a goal and two assists, it was Draisaitl’s fifth straight multi-point game, recording 13 points in that span. Draisaitl has had multi-point performances in seven of his last 11 games for a total of 16 multi-point games this season. Fifteen of them have done so in his last 22 outings.

Key moment

The Oilers took a 4-0 lead midway through the second period when Darnell Nurse made a perfect backhand pass to Draisaitl in the doorway and scored his team-leading 22nd goal of the season. the league.

Hyman hype

The Oilers took a 2-0 lead just 1:13 into the second period as a Nugent-Hopkins backhand attempt hit Hyman in front and he turned and backhanded Hill past . It was Hyman’s fifth goal in as many games since returning from injury and his eighth of the season.

Following

Golden Knights: Are back in Minnesota on Sunday against the Wild.

Oilers: Stay home to face the Florida Panthers in a rematch of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published December 14, 2024.