McDavid leads Oilers past Canucks 9-7
Connor McDavid powers Oilers past Canucks with 1st goal and 4 assists Edmonton wins a 9-7 thriller; see the big scoring night and key highlights
Connor McDavid scored his first goal of the season and added four assists as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 97 on Thursday in Vancouver.
Evan Bouchard finished with a goal and two assists, while Leon Draisaitl scored twice and set up one more. Edmonton also got goals from Vasily Podkolzin, Kasperi Kapanen, Owen Michaels and Ryan Shea. Michaels and Shea each scored their first goals for the Oilers.
For Vancouver, Marco Rossi scored twice and added an assist, and Elias Pettersson had a goal and two assists. Paul Cotter, Brock Boeser, Arshdeep Bains and Jamie Oleksiak also scored. The game followed Vancouver’s 65 overtime win in the teams’ season opener on Tuesday.