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The Oilers snapped a five-game losing streak at Rogers Place with a big 4-2 victory over the Islanders.

I think that talk on the ice and then talk on the bench in the locker room just helps create a positive environment where you go out there and you play." He's a young man that is able to execute, and I think the more experience he gets in the National Hockey League, the better a player he's going to be. "I think he's figuring his way out in the best league in the world," Head Coah Jay Woodcroft said prior to the game. And I think even though they got that goal at the end of the second period, we didn't fall off our game. The play was capped off by a blast from the slot by the Calgary, AB product that rocketed past Sorokin's blocker for his second goal of the season. The marker was also a big one for the man voted the NHL's best passer last season, with the assist being the 400th of Draisaitl's career. Zach Hyman scored his 18th goal of the campaign with 4:43 remaining in the second period, courtesy of a breakaway feed by Draisaitl. The marker was the Oilers fifth shorthanded tally of the season by their fifth different scorer -- with the others being McDavid, Darnell Nurse, Ryan McLeod, and Warren Foegele. Draisaitl's goal came on the Oilers second power play of the evening, a far cry from their 0-for-5 effort on Long Island back on Nov. Edmonton came out flying to start the game against the Islanders, with their opening marker coming on their 13th shot in the first 10 minutes of the contest. "It's a credit to them, their longevity, and their talent," Woodcroft said about his superstars. "I thought it was a good team win for us," Coach Jay Woodcroft said.

Islanders 2, Oilers 4 Edmonton Oilers answered their critics in the best possible way on Thursday night. They took plenty of heat for a home losing streak…

Also had 0 shots of his own, though he did muster a pair of secondary assists by getting the puck onto the friendly sticks of McDavid and Draisaitl who subsequently fed the goal scorer in each case. Landed a couple of heavy hits, but I was more impressed when he was on the receiving end of one, stood in there and made the play. Among those beaten on the first Islanders goal, he made up for that with a fine pass to Holloway on the 3-1. Fielded and moved the puck well, which helped his own cause and that of his team, and appeared more confident and comfortable in the pipes than he’s seemed in quite some time. Missed a crack at the empty net in the late going, but atoned for that by rushing the puck out of his own zone and drawing a penalty that killed the Islanders’ last faint hope. 5v5 shot shares of +6/-10 were unimpressive on a night Edmonton posted a +22/-7 with Janmark on the bench. On the ice for 5 of the 6 goals, all but the Yamamoto shorty. Good on the cycle, and was able to find McDavid with a couple of nice passes. Scored the 4-1 goal on a breakaway late in the second, but played a large part in giving it back before the end of the period when he failed to handle Ceci’s outlet pass inside the defensive blueline and clear the zone. A solid 10 minutes from the vet, who fired 5 shot attempts, 2 on net. Played exactly 20 minutes at even strength, over 8 minutes of that against the Mathew Barzal line, and held his own in his usual workmanlike fashion. Chipped in on 4 Grade A shots by the Oil, just 1 against, a bad pinch that led to a 2-on-1 and a rung goalpost by Hudson Fasching.

The Edmonton Oilers needed to wash away the bitter taste of five-straight home ice losses and calm a fan base that was starting to fear the worst.

McDavid is the fifth-fastest NHLer to the 500 assist mark, trailing only Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Peter Stastny and Bobby Orr. This is where the Oilers have been wilting in the face of a little adversity and where they needed to make a stand at home. It also gave Edmonton a dreaded two-goal lead, which they blew in three of their last five home-ice defeats. They came out like you would have expected them to come out, given the stakes and the circumstances, and absolutely dominated the opening 20 minutes. “We have a lot of really proud people in our dressing room and I saw them come together and play hard for each other. And it did.

Leon Draisaitl scored and got his 400th NHL assist when the Edmonton Oilers ended a five-game losing streak at home with a 4-2 win against the New York ...

"It didn't help that we gave their power play two chances early on, and they gained a bunch of momentum after that. It had been a little while, too long for us," Hyman said. It was his 22nd goal of the season and ended a seven-game drought. ... Draisaitl extended his personal point streak and personal assist streak to five games each (one goal, five assists). The guys responded well and we got a big two points." "It was nice to get a win at home. Kailer Yamamoto extended it to 2-0 with a short-handed goal at 18:40. "We met yesterday, and it was a big game for us. When we don't do that, we don't have a lot of success." "It's just a matter of bearing down. We have a lot of really proud people in our dressing room, and I saw them come together and play hard for each other. "We controlled the game right from the drop of the puck and were able to finish it out.

Connor McDavid reached a milestone with two assists and Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also had multi-point performances as the Edmonton Oilers ...

Pyotr Kochetkov, who was in the net for the first time in the last four home games, made 20 saves for Carolina. Filip Forsberg, Mattias Ekholm, Cody Glass and Colton Sissons also scored for the Predators, who have a four-game point streak. Kreider scored a short-handed breakaway goal by wristing a shot past Allen to open the scoring at the 7:43 mark of the period. Saros, who was named to the All-Star Game, stopped 28 shots in the third period. Phillip Danault and Sean Durzi scored and Pheonix Copley made 17 saves for the Kings, who had won three of their previous four, beating the Vegas Golden Knights, Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars. Kevin Hayes and Travis Konecny each had one goal and two assists to lift host Philadelphia past Arizona. Jordan Kyrou scored for the eighth time in his last five road games. It was the 10th multiple-point game of the season for Eichel, who had missed the previous 11 games with a lower-body injury. Ty Smith also scored for Pittsburgh, which lost its sixth straight game, just one off matching its longest losing streak of the season. Eeli Tolvanen, Matty Beniers and Alex Wennberg also scored goals for Seattle, and goaltender Martin Jones stopped 26 shots. Mathew Barzal and Cal Clutterbuck scored for the Islanders. McDavid's assists were the 499th and 500th of his NHL career.

Connor McDavid set up power-play and short-handed goals in the first period to reach 500 career assists in the Edmonton Oilers' 4-2 victory over the New ...

“It’s just a matter of bearing down, it’s a matter of everybody individually having themselves ready to go and play the right way, the way that we play. McDavid sent the puck across to Draisaitl for a one-timer past the stick-less Sorokin. Yamamoto made it 2-0 with 1:20 left in the period with a short-handed goal. “We got off to a bad start and they came at us and we were unable to get going north,” Islanders defenceman Ryan Pulock said. “We controlled the game right from the drop of the puck and were able to finish it out. “It had been a little while, too long for us.

Connor McDavid set up power-play and short-handed goals in the first period to reach 500 career assists in the Edmonton Oilers' 4-2 victory over the New ...

Heading into the game that saw the New York Islanders pay a visit to Rogers Place, the Edmonton Oilers had dropped five straight on home ice. The lineups went ...

At 5×5, the Oilers controlled 63.1 percent of the shot attempts (53-31), 70.73 percent of the scoring chances (29-12), 100 percent of the high-danger scoring chances (15-0) and 78.32 percent of the expected goal share (3.27-0.9). Kailer Yamamoto, who has endured more than his fair share of slump himself, scored a short-handed with 1:20 left in the first. Ad Advertisement A little over nine minutes into the frame, Leon Draisaitl scored from his office on the powerplay busting a seven-game goal-scoring slump. The lineups went into a blender, Warren Foegele was pulled from the lineup for what, as of now, are unknown reasons, and Edmonton walked out with a big 4-2 win.