Connor McDavid scored three goals and added an assist as the Edmonton Oilers routed the visiting Seattle Kraken 9-4 on Thursday.
Leon Draisaitl had a goal and three assists and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Evan Bouchard each had three helpers for the Oilers, who went 4-for-5 on the power play.
Edmonton’s Matt Savoie scored twice and Vasily Podkolzin, Zach Hyman and Mattias Janmark also tallied. Calvin Pickard made 28 saves as the Oilers improved to 3-2-1 in their past six games.
Eeli Tolvanen, Freddy Gaudreau, Jared McCann and Jani Nyman scored for Seattle, which lost its fourth game in a row (0-3-1). Kaapo Kakko registered two assists.
Kraken goalie Joey Daccord was pulled in the second period after allowing five goals on 14 shots. Philipp Grubauer didn’t fare much better in relief, giving up four goals on 18 attempts.
McDavid opened the scoring at 7:17 of the first period on a wrist shot from just outside the left faceoff dot.
Podkolzin made it 2-0 just 17 seconds later on a one-timer from low on the right wing that snuck between Daccord’s pads.
The Oilers struck on the power play at 11:27 of the first. McDavid made a pass through the top of the crease to Draisaitl on the right wing for a one-timer that gave Daccord no chance.
The Kraken got on the board at 16:07 of the opening period, less than a second after an Edmonton penalty expired. Brandon Montour’s broken-stick slap shot from the blue line went off Podkolzin’s skate, and Tolvanen blasted the rebound into the net from the right faceoff dot.
Seattle pulled within 3-2 at 19:33 of the first when Gaudreau stole the puck from Draisaitl in the Oilers’ end, skated in alone and beat Pickard with a backhander.
Savoie scored on a short-handed breakaway at 2:28 of the second to make it 4-2.
McDavid restored the three-goal lead with the man advantage at 6:14 of the second, catching Daccord flat-footed on a wrist shot from low on the left wing.
Hyman greeted Grubauer by scoring on a breakaway at 8:53 of the middle period.
McCann scored on a rebound of a Jordan Eberle shot at 9:30 of the second to make it 6-3.
Janmark converted his own rebound at 2:03 of the third. McDavid and Savoie scored on the power play, at 6:59 and 8:58, respectively, with Montour serving a double-minor for high-sticking.
Nyman capped the scoring with 4.5 seconds remaining.
