Kane hat trick lifts Oilers past Ducks

ANAHEIM -- Evander Kane had a hat trick for the Edmonton Oilers in a 5-3 comeback win against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on Friday.

It was Kane’s eighth hat trick, all coming in the past seven seasons of his 15-season NHL career.

"Nine years in the League and I didn't have a hat trick, so I was just hoping I'd get one at one point," Kane said.

Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist, Connor McDavid had three assists and Calvin Pickard made 24 saves for the Oilers (30-16-1), who had a 16-game winning streak end with a 3-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday.

Ryan Strome had two goals, Cam Fowler had a goal and an assist and John Gibson made 19 saves before leaving after two periods due to cramps for the Ducks (18-31-2), who had their four-game point streak end (3-0-1). Lukas Dostal replaced him and made eight saves.

"I think all four lines were good," Anaheim coach Greg Cronin said. "I had no problem playing [the fourth line] against Draisaitl and McDavid either. I thought they all took the challenge. We had kind of a community strategy against McDavid and Draisaitl, and I think they did a pretty good job."

The Oilers scored the final three goals of the game.

McDavid made a backdoor pass to Zach Hyman, who tapped it into the open net to tie it 3-3 at 8:41 of the third period.

Draisaitl converted another cross-ice pass from McDavid on the power play at 10:09 to give Edmonton its first lead at 4-3.

"They're a good hockey team, they're on a [heck] of a roll right now and they're finding ways to win," Strome said. "You give that team a power play in the third period, more often than not, it's going to be a goal.”

Kane scored into an empty net with 1:10 left to make it 5-3.

"I thought we deserved the win today, but they're a good team," Anaheim forward Leo Carlsson said. "They have two of the best players in the world."

Fowler scored a power-play goal with a wrist shot through traffic to give Anaheim a 1-0 lead at 18:40 of the first period.

"This group has really come together in that sense that we know when we play good or bad," Edmonton defenseman Mattias Ekholm said. "Nobody in here felt like we were even close to our potential in the first [period]. When that feeling hits, there's usually a response from this group, and we've done that a lot lately and nothing different tonight. I thought we came out a lot harder in the second and set the tone."

Kane tied it 1-1 at 9:11 of the second with a wrist shot from the bottom of the right circle after Edmonton forward Corey Perry slashed the stick out of Gibson’s hands behind the net.

Strome restored the Anaheim lead 29 seconds later, taking a no-look pass from Carlsson and deking past the left pad of Pickard to make it 2-1 at 9:40.

"Obviously nice to get on the score sheet, but frustrating game," Strome said. "We deserved a little better fate. I thought we worked really hard, we did a lot of really good things."

Kane made it 2-2 at 12:51 with a wrist shot through the five-hole from the slot off a drop pass by Draisaitl.

"As the game went on, we built up our game," Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said. "Definitely, the second period was our best, but we had some breakdowns and we were under pressure."

Strome’s power-play wrist shot from the bottom of the left circle gave the Ducks a 3-2 lead at 3:20 of the third period.

"Hockey's a funny game," Strome said. "You get a little confidence and the net looks a little bit bigger."

NOTES: Kane's fifth hat trick with Edmonton tied Ryan Smyth and Esa Tikkanen for the seventh-most in franchise history. ... McDavid extended his point streak to five games (11 points; five goals, six assists). He also has a 12-game point streak against the Ducks (nine goals, 20 assists). ... Edmonton has won six straight against Anaheim and is 9-1-1 in the past 11, outscoring the Ducks 60-27. ... The Oilers have scored 20 goals in three wins against the Ducks this season. ... Anaheim forward Adam Henrique had two assists to increase his point streak to seven games (11 points; four goals, seven assists). ... Ducks center Mason McTavish did not play because of an upper-body injury. … Anaheim forward Max Jones returned after missing 12 games with an upper-body injury and had four hits in 12:50 of ice time.