EDMONTON – Connor McDavid scored three objectives, together with one on a penalty shot, and Leon Draisaitl had a purpose and two assists because the Edmonton Oilers got here away with a 6-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday.
Kasperi Kapanen had a purpose and an help and Curtis Lazar additionally scored for the Oilers (21-16-6) who snapped a two-game dropping skid.
The staff that has scored first has emerged victorious within the final 20 Oilers’ video games, with Edmonton now sporting an 18-1-3 report when getting the sport’s first purpose.
Ryan O’Reilly and Nick Blankenburg replied for the Predators (19-19-4) who’ve misplaced two of their final three.
Connor Ingram put collectively a 24-save efficiency to earn the win in internet for Edmonton, whereas Juuse Saros made 37 stops for Nashville.
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Predators: Edmonton did a great job holding Steven Stamkos off the scoresheet. The veteran ahead appeared listless to begin the season with simply 5 factors in his first 22 video games. Nonetheless, he has bounced again in a giant means, coming into the competition with 14 objectives and 23 factors in his earlier 19 video games, together with six objectives in his final eight contests.
Oilers: McDavid prolonged his factors streak to 16 video games throughout which he has posted 39 factors (17G, 22A). It’s his fourth factors streak of 16 video games or extra, tying Denis Savard for the fourth most in NHL historical past behind Wayne Gretzky (16 instances), Mario Lemieux (5) and Peter Stastny (5).
KEY MOMENT
The Oilers went up by 4 objectives with 1:08 to play within the center body as Kapanen returned to the lineup after lacking the final 36 video games with an damage and took a Draisaitl feed in entrance of the online and recorded his first purpose of the season.
KEY STATS
Draisaitl has positively feasted on the Predators lately. Together with his purpose and two assists on Tuesday, the German phenom has recorded 22 objectives and 42 factors in his final 16 video games in opposition to Nashville courting again to the 2019-20 season. Edmonton has gone 14-1-1 in these video games and have outscored the Predators 72 to 36. … Ryan Nugent-Hopkins recorded his five hundredth profession help when he helped arrange McDavid’s third purpose.
UP NEXT
Predators: Host the New York Islanders on Thursday.
Oilers: Go to the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Jan. 6, 2026.
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