Draisaitl scores goal, has two assists in Oilers 4-2 win over Flames

Leon Draisaitl had a extremity and 2 assists for nan Edmonton Oilers successful a 4-2 triumph complete nan Calgary Flames

CALGARY, Alberta -- Leon Draisaitl had a extremity and 2 assists for nan Edmonton Oilers successful a 4-2 triumph complete nan Calgary Flames connected Sunday.

Zach Hyman, Jeff Skinner and Mattias Janmark, pinch an empty-netter, scored for nan Oilers (6-5-1), who person won 4 of their past five. Edmonton goaltender Stuart Skinner stopped 29 shots successful nan win.

Draisaitl lifted a backhand complete Dan Vladar’s mitt conscionable 20 seconds aft nan opening faceoff. Skinner made it 2-0 for nan visitors astatine 8:12 connected a 2nd effort.

Calgary's Anthony Mantha redirecting a Tyson Barrie changeable past Skinner astatine 4:33 into nan 2nd period, and Yegor Sharangovich tied it astatine 2 for nan Flames (6-5-1) 4:28 into nan 3rd pinch a changeable done traffic.

Hyman scored connected nan 2nd of 3 Edmonton power-play chances successful nan 3rd play pinch a backhand complete Vladar pinch 9:50 near successful nan game, and Janmark scored nan empty-netter pinch a fewer ticks remaining.

Edmonton was without Connor McDavid, who is expected backmost successful nan Oilers’ lineup later this month.

Oilers: Edmonton’s powerfulness play that’s been slow this play produced nan game-winner from Hyman.

Flames: The Flames couldn’t grip nan Oilers’ velocity and were down 2 goals early earlier generating immoderate sustained offensive-zone pressure.

Calgary’s too-many-men punishment pinch 2:18 remaining wounded nan Flames’ chances of sending nan crippled to overtime.

Draisaitl has 5 goals and 3 assists successful nan past 4 roadworthy games and 2 goals and 4 assists successful nan 2 games since McDavid was injured. Draisaitl has averaged a constituent per crippled successful 56 profession games without McDavid since nan second was drafted first wide by Edmonton successful 2015.

The Oilers big nan Devils connected Monday, and nan Flames commencement a three-game roadworthy travel successful Montreal connected Tuesday.

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