EDMONTON — Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist to extend his point streak to eight games, and the Edmonton Oilers won 4-1 against the Philadelphia Flyers at Rogers Place on Friday.
Alex Chiasson and Adam Larsson scored for Edmonton (18-12-3), which has won six straight at home and is 9-2-2 under coach Ken Hitchcock. Leon Draisaitl had three assists and Darnell Nurse had two assists.
Mikko Koskinen made 31 saves for the Oilers to improve to 11-3-1 and 7-0-0 at Rogers Place.
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Jakub Voracek scored, and Anthony Stolarz made 18 saves for Philadelphia (12-14-4), which has lost three straight (0-2-1).
“I thought we got off to a slow start but Mikko did a great job of keeping us in it while we got our legs going,” McDavid said. “Once we found our game, we were able to score a couple. I thought late in the game they kind of took it to us and he was great again, and we found a way to hold on.”
Video: [email protected]: Chiasson nets Draisaitl’s pass from the slot
The Oilers were playing the second game of a back-to-back. They lost 5-4 in overtime at the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday. Edmonton is 8-1-1 in its past 10 games.
“You could see the one team that had the day’s rest, but I thought our energy got better and better as it went on,” Hitchcock said. “We knew that was going to happen, it kind of works in reverse. I think the concern I had wasn’t back to back, it was eight games in 14 nights. That’s a lot of hockey. That’s almost unheard of, and that to me was the bigger worry, when are we going to hit the wall? And we didn’t hit the wall, so that’s a good sign.”
The Flyers were 0-for-5 on the power play, including a four-minute advantage at 3:25 of the second period on a double minor for high sticking on Oilers forward Drake Caggiula.
“It’s tired to keep saying that maybe we didn’t play that bad, but we deserve better,” Voracek said. “We scored just one goal again and we had a lot of [power play] opportunities and we couldn’t generate anything. It’s tough.”
Chiasson scored at 12:37 of the first period to give Edmonton a 1-0 lead, converting from the slot on a pass from Draisaitl. It was Chiasson’s NHL career-high 14th goal this season.
“I feel like I’ve earned the trust of the coaching staff,” Chiasson said. “When things aren’t going as good as they should be I’m still getting the chance to go back out there. That’s what every player is looking for.”
McDavid made it 2-0 at 12:37 of the second period. He collected a rebound behind the goal line to the left of the net and banked a shot off Stolarz. McDavid has 15 points (six goals, nine assists) in the streak.
Larsson scored at 14:08 to make 3-0 with his first goal of the season. He took a pass from Ryan Spooner at the right face-off circle and shot the puck through traffic. It ended a 43-game goalless drought dating to March 17.
“The opportunity to have a turning point in our favor was the four minutes early in the second,” Flyers coach Dave Hakstol said. “And not only did we not generate a goal, but we didn’t generate a lot of momentum off that power play.”
Voracek cut it to 3-1 at 10:03 of the third period, taking a pass from Claude Giroux in the high slot and scoring on a one-timer.
“I think we started great and we had chances, but they were able to get one goal,” Giroux said. “We weren’t playing bad hockey, just a couple of mistakes here and there and it’s in the back of the net and you’re chasing again.”
McDavid scored into an empty net at 19:24 for the 4-1 final.
Video: [email protected]: Larsson pots quick shot from the circle
They said it
“A guy made a play out in front and I went for the poke check and I was a little late getting back [to the net] and good players are going to make good plays like that.” — Flyers goalie Anthony Stolarz on Connor McDavid‘s goal in the second period
“Obviously on a back-to-back you are always a little more exhausted than on the first night. That is when you rely on your structure and trust the guys beside you even more so. Everyone was contributing from the goaltender out and it was a solid effort.” — Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl
Need to know
McDavid has three or more points in 34 NHL games to tie Bryan Trottier for the fifth-most before their 22nd birthday. McDavid, who turns 22 on Jan. 13, trails Wayne Gretzky (108), Dale Hawerchuk (46), Mario Lemieux (46) and Sidney Crosby (41). … Draisaitl has 12 points (three goals, nine assists) in a five-game point streak. … Chiasson’s previous NHL high was 13 goals in 2013-14. … Voracek has eight points (four goals, four assists) in a seven-game point streak. …
What’s next
Flyers: At the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday (10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, SN360, SN1, CITY, NBCSP, NHL.TV)
Oilers: At the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday (10 p.m. ET; SNP, SNW, NHL.TV)
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