Connor McDavid scored twice in the third period and added an assist in the second, while Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the New York Rangers 6-2 on Saturday night.
McDavid reached at least three points in a game for the fourth time this season with some impressive plays. He finished off a give-and-go with Draisaitl to put Edmonton up 3-0 with 11:06 left in the second during a four-on-four. Then, he scored twice in the third period in just 3:48.
Draisaitl scored his 16th goal of the season, tying him with Sam Reinhart of the Florida Panthers for the league lead.
McDavid’s first third-period goal came 5:49 in, redirecting a shot from Evan Bouchard. He then faked a pass when New York defenseman Victor Mancini lunged at him, before shooting the puck past Jonathan Quick’s right pad.
Darnell Nurse scored a short-handed goal in the final seconds of the first period, while Vasily Podkolzin and Bouchard also found the net for the Oilers, who are 5-2-1 in their last eight games. Connor Brown and Mattias Janmark each had two assists for Edmonton, which is 8-2-1 in its past 11 games against New York.
Stuart Skinner made 32 saves and was only beaten by Artemi Panarin, who scored for the Rangers with 4:58 left in the second and 3:31 remaining in the third.
Quick allowed six goals on 40 shots.
The Oilers controlled much of the first period. After Artemi Panarin lost the puck near the blue line, Edmonton quickly moved into the offensive zone. Podkolzin scored with a one-timer from the right circle past Quick with 2:26 left in the period.
Edmonton made it 2-0 when Nurse entered the offensive zone without resistance, received a pass from Janmark, and sent a shot past Quick’s glove.
Just over three minutes after Draisaitl’s goal, Bouchard took a drop pass from Janmark and fired a shot from the slot past Quick’s stick.
