Oilers thump Ducks, 6-2 | Pro Hockey News

In Anaheim, Jack Campbell made 21 saves, and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Ducks, 6-2 on Wednesday night.

“We needed to get back in the win column. That’s the main thing,” the Oiler Connor McDavid said. “To put together a good game is always good and something to build on.”

The Oilers had 53 shots of net in the win, the most by the franchise n a road game.

The Oilers scored four times in the first period with Dylan Holloway and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins starting it off for a 2-0 lead.

Sam Carrick scored to cut the Oilers advantage to 2-1, but McDavid and Klim Kostin pushed the lead to 4-1 after 20 minutes.

“Obviously it was nice to get that one early, but you always want to do more when you lose like that,” Carrick said.

Edmonton improved to 22-18-3.

“The first four goals, we have the puck on our stick. We have control of the puck,” Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said. “We should be able to break the puck out and, suddenly, it’s on their stick.”

Kostin hit for his second of the night in the middle frame for a 5-1 lead.

Leon Draisaitl scored in the second to balloon the lead to 6-1 after 40 minutes.

“I thought we controlled play from the start,” Edmonton coach Jay Woodcroft said. “Got contributions from lots of different people, and special teams were excellent for us tonight. That’s a recipe for a good win for us.”

Simon Benoit scored with less than a minute gone in the third period, but that was all the scoring for the match in the 6-2 final.

Anaheim dropped to 12-26-4.

“Obviously, they’re a good team,” Carrick said. “You’ve got to give them a lot of credit; they play fast, they’re extremely good at creating offense, so it’s a good test for us to figure out that’s where we want to get to. The only way to get there is to work.”