Dostal makes 46 saves, Ducks defeat Oilers

Lukas Dostal made 46 saves for the Anaheim Ducks in a 4-3 win against the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Saturday.

It was Dostal's sixth NHL start and third since he was recalled from San Diego of the American Hockey League on Dec. 10.
"It's such a cool moment, getting a 'W' in this building, playing against [Connor] McDavid, [Leon] Draisaitl and those guys," Dostal said. "I'm just so happy for the boys that we were able to get a 'W'."
Ryan Strome had a goal and an assist, and Mason McTavish had two assists for the Ducks (9-20-3), who have won two in a row for the second time this season.
Connor McDavid extended his point streak to 12 games with a goal and an assist, Leon Draisaitl had two assists, and Stuart Skinner made 13 saves for the Oilers (17-14-1), who are 1-2-1 in their past four games.
Edmonton outshot Anaheim 23-2 in the third period, but only got the puck by Dostal once.
"We poured 49 shots on net," Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft said. "I thought their goaltender played pretty well, and I thought we can do a better job on the goals against."
Ducks defenseman John Klingberg scored his third goal in the past two games on a wrist shot from the wall to give them a 4-3 lead at 6:08 of the third period.

"Trying to tell myself to shoot more and it was nice to see it go in," said Klingberg, who had one goal in his first 23 games this season.
Skinner said Klingberg's shot was difficult to read coming off the wall.
"I should've stayed up," he said. "I decided to go down and didn't see the release. it caught me by surprise."
Darnell Nurse scored on a wrist shot from just inside the blue line to give Edmonton a 1-0 lead at 5:07 of the first period.
The Ducks tied it 1-1 at 14:37. McTavish weaved through the slot before sliding the puck to Sam Carrick for a backdoor tap-in.
"It was a great play by [forward Jayson Megna] first to get the puck to McTavish in the middle and then he did his magic," Carrick said. "All I had to do was go to the backdoor and get the tap-in."
Cam Fowler scored on a one-timer from just inside the blue line during a power play to give Anaheim a 2-1 lead at 17:19.
"For us, I thought there was compete and offensive chances," Woodcroft said. "What we gave them, I thought were within our control."
Strome stole a pass from Evan Bouchard in the Anaheim zone and scored on a breakaway for a 3-1 lead at 8:31 of the second period.
"You don't get a breakaway at that much distance that often," Strome said. "I think my last two I've missed, so nice to finally bury one."
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored on the third power play of the game for the Oilers to make it 3-2 with 28 seconds left in the second period.
McDavid scored his NHL-leading 28th goal on a 5-on-3 power play to tie it 3-3 at 2:06 of the third period. McDavid has 12 goals and 15 assists in his point streak, the longest active streak in the NHL.

The Ducks have won back-to-back games in regulation after having one regulation win in the first 30 games. They won 5-2 at the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.
"We got rewarded last game and you build confidence from that," Klingberg said. "Just came in with the same kind of mindset today and, obviously, when you get a few good penalty kills to start the game, that helps a lot too with playing good defensively."
NOTES: McDavid has a power-play goal in three straight games. The only other players in Oilers history to do that are Bill Guerin (1998-99), Boris Mironov (1998-99) and Craig Simpson (1990-91 and 1987-88). ... McDavid has at least two points in six straight games against the Ducks, the longest multipoint streak against Anaheim by any NHL player in team history. ... Edmonton went 2-for-6 on the power play and has 15 power play goals in its past nine games. ...
Brad Malone
was put on waivers by Edmonton on Friday and cleared on Saturday. The forward was assigned to Bakersfield of the AHL, opening a roster spot for forward Warren Foegele, who had three shots on goal in 9:41 of ice time after missing 10 games with an undisclosed injury. ... Fowler has 15 points (four goals, 11 assists) in his past 16 games. ... McTavish has seven assists in his past eight games.