In Edmonton Connor McDavid led the Oilers to a 6-3 drubbing of the visiting Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night with a goal and five points.
Mikko Koskinen made 49 saves in the Win.
“[Koskinen] was the first, second and third star, he was the only reason we won,” Oilers coach Dave Tippett said. “It wasn’t a 6-3 game or a 6-1 game. The score was that, but it wasn’t that kind of game.”
Jakub Voracek had two goals and three points for the Flyers.
“Sometimes the game looks unfair, but I’m a firm believer that if you do things the right way, things will even out,” Flyers coach Alain Vigneault said. “We had some great looks, the right guys had the looks, but their goaltender was the difference-maker in tonight’s game. He played exceptionally well.”
Leon Draisaitl struck for two goals of his for the Oilers.
“[McDavid’s] one of a kind and it’s really nice to have him back after that (knee) injury and it’s not really fun if you’re a defenseman going back for pucks when you have one of the fastest guys, if not the fastest guy in the League, chasing you,” Oscar Klefbom said after the win.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and two points in the win.
Ethan Bear and Brandon Manning also scored for Edmonton.
Oskar Lindblom had a single marker for the Flyers.
“Hopefully that (52 shots) doesn’t happen every night otherwise I’m going to be exhausted,” Koskinen said. “I thought we played pretty well. They were shooting a lot of pucks from the outside and the guys did a good job of not letting them come to the middle. That’s a good thing for us. [McDavid and Draisaitl] are so dangerous every game and it looks like they are going to score a goal almost every game.”
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Carter Hart got the start for the Flyers and yielded four goals while making 10 saves.
“You’ve got to stop pucks. I didn’t do my job and it cost us,” Hart said. “I know I have to be a lot better and I know I’ll be better next game. But tonight, you’ve got to come up with a couple of saves to keep your team in the game and I didn’t do that.”
Brian Elliott entered the game in the middle frame after Hart was given the hook; he made six saves.
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