Foegele scores twice, helps Oilers defeat Kraken

SEATTLE -- Warren Foegele scored twice, Leon Draisaitl had three assists, and the Edmonton Oilers won 5-3 against the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena on Saturday.

Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist and Stuart Skinner made14 saves for the Oilers (18-11-0), who won for the second straight time after a six-game losing streak.
"I think we had a mindset of how we wanted to play," Oilers associate coach Jim Playfair said. "They found a way to collectively get together, and I thought our pace of play was good. I thought our consistent structure was really good and we played a solid game."
McDavid (17 goals, 32 assists) and Draisaitl (23 goals, 26 assists) share the NHL lead with 49 points each.
"I thought that getting Leon and Connor out there as much as we did with different wingers allowed them to keep their pace high in the game," Playfair said. "I thought our defense played very well. I thought our forechecking structure and structure set up our defenseman to be able to stay nice and tight and keep things organized in the neutral zone … for the majority part of the game, I thought we did a good job trying to gain the blue lines and push the pucks ahead."

Ryan Donato scored in his third straight game for Seattle (10-17-3), which was held to 17 shots on goal. Chris Driedger made 36 saves.
Donato made it 1-0 for the Kraken at 4:18 of the first period when his shot hit Skinner then trickled under his arm and into the net.
"It was a lot of ways a pretty tight hockey game," Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said. "Defensively, we didn't give up. The first period, I think I probably had us even in scoring chances, pretty even. We couldn't get a push in the second and third periods."
McCann scored at 9:07 to make it 2-0 when Jordan Eberle sent him a backhand pass from behind the Oilers net.
The Oilers cut the lead to 2-1 at 13:05 on an Evan Bouchard slap shot through traffic.
Foegele made it 2-2 at 17:08 of the first period when he scored on the power play off a rebound from a Kailer Yamamoto shot.
"The boys dug in extremely hard today," Foegele said. "I thought we played pretty simple and fast, and you know it shows how dangerous we can be … and you know just keep building off doing the right things like that and pretty happy that we got that win."
The Oilers outshot the Kraken 20-7 in the first period.
"We were continuing to attack," Foegele said. "It's not fun to play against a team who's constantly attacking and playing hard and eventually you keep pounding that rock, that rock's gonna chip, that's what happened today."
Colton Sceviour gave the Oilers their first lead 3-2 at 12:52 of the second period after McDavid knocked the puck loose behind the Seattle goal line, carried it to the front, and slid it to Sceviour.

Carson Soucy tied the game at 3-3 at 16:33 of the second when he one-timed the puck after Jeremy Lauzon's point shot deflected off the crossbar.
"We didn't get through the neutral zone, and we didn't get any type of forecheck going so there was no momentum to be found for us," Hakstol said. "For most of the second and third, there were spurts where we had a little bit but weren't able to generate that on a consistent basis."
Foegele made it 4-3 at 8:54 of the third period. The goal was initially disallowed because Foegele made contact with Driedger in the crease. The Oilers challenged, and video review determined Seattle defenseman Mark Giordano pushed Foegele into Driedger.
"I knew I wasn't in the paint," Foegele said. "I knew I got pushed in there, but you never know with some of these decisions, so that's why I was a little hesitant [in celebrating] but you know, you go to the net, and you know good things happen."

McDavid scored into an empty net at 19:08 for the 5-3 final.
NOTES: Seattle forward Brandon Tanev left the game with an undisclosed injury at 16:09 of the third period. There was no update after the game. … Draisaitl had his 58th three-point hame in the NHL. … The Oilers won their first season series against the expansion Kraken 2-1. … Oilers coach Dave Tippett missed his third game; he went into NHL COVID-19 protocol on Tuesday.