Connor McDavid had a objective and 4 assists as the Edmonton Oilers routed the Seattle Kraken 7-2 Friday night time.
“I certainly like making plays and setting guys up, but I think it’s something I’ve learned throughout my career is you’ve got to be a little bit selfish,” McDavid mentioned after the sport. ” With the objective there I in all probability might have slid it over to ‘Hy’, however I take the shot myself, so there’s occasions to set your guys up and occasions to name your personal quantity and I’m positively studying that.”
McDavid has a 17-sport level streak, tying a profession excessive. He has 37 points throughout the streak.
The Oilers jumped all around the Kraken, scoring 3 times in a span of 1:10 earlier than the sport was 4 minutes outdated.
Zach Hyman tapped in an influence-play feed from McDavid. Klim Kostin put a backhand underneath the crossbar and in. Darnell Nurse beat Philipp Grubauer blocker facet, chasing the Seattle goalie from the sport after permitting three objectives on 5 pictures. Jesse Puljujarvi beat new keeper Martin Jones on the midway level of the primary to make it 4-0.
Early within the second, rookie Dylan Holloway engaged in his first NHL struggle with Kraken defenceman Vince Dunn.
Daniel Sprong put Seattle on the board not lengthy after.
Kostin replied with a deflection of a Nurse level shot, then Hyman scored once more on the facility play.
Brandon Tanev received one again for the Kraken. It was 6-2 Oilers after two.
In the third, McDavid beat Jones 5-gap for his thirty second.
Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner earned the win with 36 saves.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins racked up 4 assists.
“We had 20 players pulling on the same rope tonight,” Oilers head coach Jay Woodcroft mentioned. “We were able to assert the game we wanted to play right off the bat. Put the other team on the back foot; we took the game to them and that allowed us to settle into the game and play the game we wanted. So, it’s a credit to our players and their level of execution, especially right off the bat.”
The Oilers (20-15-2) will host the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday. You can listen to live coverage of the game on 630 CHED, starting with The Faceoff Show at 6:30 p.m. The precise sport begins at 8 p.m.
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