In Edmonton, Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl scored in regulation on Wednesday night for the Oilers, and both scored in the skills competition to give Edmonton a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings
McDavid reached 100 points for the season.
“It is very impressive,” Edmonton forward Leon Draisaitl said of McDavid. “He might have gotten 100 in his rookie season too, if he hadn’t have gotten hurt (48 in 45 games). His consistency is amazing, fun to be a part of, fun to watch. It is hard to score in this league. He goes up against the best every single night. Every team tries to stop him and focuses on him the most, yet every season he gets 110, 120 points, I don’t even know. But that is hard to do. It is impressive.”
Mikko Koskinen made 38 saves in the Oilers win.
Alexander Edler and Carl Grundstrom scored for LA.
“I thought out guys did a good job, they were prepared for it, it’s going to be that way from now until the end of the season,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said. “But the group we have playing right now did a real good job tonight. We had to scratch and claw to come back. It’s disappointing we didn’t get the point when the shootout starts, but as far as the rest of the game, and finding guys to contribute, I thought we did a real good job.”
The Kings dropped to 36-23-10.
Cody Ceci also scored for Edmonton in regulation.
“The rate that both [McDavid and Draisaitl] are scoring at, and the consistency that they bring every single night putting up points is impressive,” Ceci said. “That is what kind of drew me here in the summertime was the chance to play with these guys and see how far we can go.”
After the Oilers took a 3-1 lead in the middle frame, Quinton Byfield and Grundstrom struck to tie the game, 3-3. There was no scoring in the third period.
“The intensity was there for both sides and it made for a really fun game, but it [stinks] coming out on the short side of it,” Byfield said. “I thought we showed great resiliency coming back from 3-1, but I think we needed to complete the full comeback. I think every point is important, and we definitely wanted two.”
Jonathan Quick made 30 saves in the LA loss.
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