Hyman breaks tie in 3rd, Oilers edge Flames
Draisaitl has goal, 2 assists for Edmonton; Calgary has lost 5 of 6
Oilers at Flames | Recap
CALGARY — Zach Hyman scored the go-ahead goal in the third period for the Edmonton Oilers in a 4-2 win against the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome on Sunday.
Hyman made it 3-2 with a power-play goal at 10:10. He got behind Calgary’s defense, took a saucer pass from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and moved the puck to his backhand before lifting a shot over the blocker of Dan Vladar, who missed on a poke check.
Mattias Janmark then scored into an empty net with three seconds remaining for the 4-2 final.
Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists, and Jeff Skinner also scored for the Oilers (6-5-1), who have won four of five. Stuart Skinner made 28 saves.
Anthony Mantha and Yegor Sharangovich scored, and Vladar made 27 saves for the Flames (6-5-1), who have lost five of six.
Draisaitl scored 20 seconds into the first period to give the Oilers a 1-0 lead. He took a centering pass from Vasily Podkolzin in the slot, spun and lifted a backhand over Vladar’s blocker.
Skinner made it 2-0 at 8:12, jamming in the puck from below the goal line after his initial attempt off the rush hit the right post.
Mantha cut the lead to 2-1 at 4:33 of the second period with a deflection below Skinner’s blocker on the power play.
Sharangovich tied it 2-2 with his first goal of the season at 4:28 of the third. He scored on a wrist shot through traffic that beat Skinner’s glove before deflecting in off the far post.