McDavid has 3 points, Oilers defeat Senators
Bouchard, Draisaitl each has goal, 2 assists for Edmonton
Oilers at Senators | Recap
OTTAWA — Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard each had three points for the Edmonton Oilers in a 5-2 win against the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on Tuesday.
McDavid had two goals and an assist, and Draisaitl and Bouchard each had a goal and two assists.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored, Vasily Podkolzin had two assists and Stuart Skinner made 27 saves for the Oilers (10-8-2), who were coming off a 3-0 loss at the Montreal Canadiens on Monday.
Tim Stutzle and Josh Norris scored, and Linus Ullmark made 27 saves for the Senators (8-9-1), who have lost three straight (0-2-1).
Bouchard gave the Oilers a 1-0 lead at 3:46 of the first period. He skated through the neutral zone with speed, toe-dragged Senators defenseman Thomas Chabot in the slot, and lifted the puck over Ullmark’s glove from in tight.
Stutzle tied it 1-1 at 15:40 with a one-timer from the left hash marks off a pass from Drake Batherson from behind the net.
McDavid put the Oilers back in front 2-1 at 16:15. He buried a rebound in front after Ullmark broke up Podkolzin’s backdoor pass for McDavid with his left pad.
McDavid then made it 3-1 at 19:19, scoring with a wrist shot from above the circles on a 5-on-3 power play.
Draisaitl pushed it to 4-1 at 4:39 of the second period. He got behind the defense, took a lead pass from McDavid, and slid a backhand between Ullmark’s pads.
Nugent-Hopkins made it 5-1 at 11:50 of the third period, redirecting in a centering pass from Derek Ryan.
Norris tipped in Nick Jensen‘s point shot at 17:36 for the 5-2 final.