Leon Draisaitl scored a goal and had an assist, while Connor McDavid extended his successful run against Tampa Bay, leading the Edmonton Oilers to a 2-1 victory on Tuesday night. The win stretched their streak to three games.
Draisaitl scored a fortunate goal in the second period that turned out to be the game-winner. The Oilers now have four straight wins at home and are 9-3-0 in their last 12 games against the Lightning in Edmonton.
McDavid, in his 13th game against Tampa Bay, scored his 12th goal against them. Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner made 21 saves to improve to 4-1-0 in his last five starts.
Jake Guentzel scored for Tampa Bay, his fourth consecutive game with a goal. Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 24 shots, but the Lightning fell to 1-1-0 on their four-game road trip.
Tampa Bay is now 6-6-1 on the road and lost for the first time to a Pacific Division team this season (4-1-0).
McDavid had a breakaway in the first period at 14:48 but Vasilevskiy stopped his backhanded shot. Mattias Ekholm also had a shot that beat Vasilevskiy, but it was called back after a challenge for offside.
After Edmonton killed off a power play, McDavid scored at 17:31, splitting two defenders and netting his 14th goal.
In the second period, a failed clearing attempt by the Oilers led to Nikita Kucherov passing to Guentzel, who scored his 13th goal with a shot off Kucherov’s assist.
Draisaitl scored a quirky goal at 11:58 of the second period. His breakaway backhander was stopped by Vasilevskiy, but the puck bounced off defenseman Victor Hedman and past the goalie for Draisaitl’s 20th goal of the season.
In the final minutes, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was called for tripping, giving Tampa Bay a six-on-four advantage with Vasilevskiy pulled for an extra attacker. Nick Paul thought he had scored with less than 10 seconds left, but the goal was waved off because of a high stick, and the Oilers held on for their sixth win in seven games.
