Oilers score three in third, top Canucks for fourth straight victory

VANCOUVER -- Dominik Kahun scored twice, and Leon Draisaitl had three assists to help the Edmonton Oilers rally from three goals down to defeat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 at Rogers Arena on Tuesday.

Connor McDavid tied the game 3-3 on a power-play one-timer at 4:23 of the third period, and a point shot bounced in off the skate of Tyler Ennis at the side of the net for a 4-3 lead at 13:25.
"After the second period we were down 3-1 and we knew we were going to turn this around," Kahun said. "That's something special. I don't know how to explain it. You just have the feeling here that it doesn't matter what the score is, we can come back."

Mike Smith made 30 saves for Edmonton (13-8-0), which has won four in a row and seven of eight. Smith is 5-0-0 to start a season for the first time in his 15 NHL seasons.
"I've been in a lot of games where it can go one of two ways and I didn't want it to go the wrong way," Smith said. "I just told myself 'let's just try to keep the team in the game here.' I know we can score goals. I know we can play a lot better than we did in the first. And we showed that, and we got a massive, massive two points."
Elias Pettersson had a goal and an assist to reach 150 points in the NHL, and Thatcher Demko made 25 saves for Vancouver (8-13-2), which is 2-8-2 in its past 12 games.
"Very disappointing, very upsetting," coach Travis Green said. "We didn't play good enough to win, flat out."

It was the second straight game the Canucks blew an early multiple-goal lead.
"I'm getting sick and tired of having leads and giving them back and playing well in periods in the game and then not playing a full 60 minutes," Canucks forward Bo Horvat said. "Again, we did it tonight and it came back to bite us."
Horvat scored from a sharp-angle 1:06 into the first period for a 1-0 lead, with the puck somehow going under Smith's pad as he tried to seal the post.
"I wouldn't change anything the way I played that first goal," Smith said. "It just found a way to go through, for some reason."
Tyler Myers made it 2-0 at 8:06 with a slap shot from the top of the right face-off circle that deflected off the stick of Ennis and over Smith's shoulder.
Pettersson batted in a rebound to make it 3-0 at 15:17, but Kahun's shot from the bottom of the face-off circle trickled through Demko at 18:43 to cut it to 3-1 and begin Edmonton's comeback.
"Should have stopped it," Demko said. "There's been some tough nights throughout this season so far and tonight stings a little bit more. Being up three like that and letting them crawl back in the game."
Kahun scored off a cross-ice pass from Draisaitl 55 seconds into the third period to bring the Oilers within 3-2.
"You give players like that time and space and the ability to take over a hockey game, and they're going to do it." Horvat said. "It's frustrating, but it just shows we have to mature."

Smith gave an animated yell and pumped his fists at the final buzzer.
"That win right there carries some weight to it," Smith said. "I think our team was feeling really good after that game. And hopefully we gain a lot of confidence from it."
NOTES:Oilers defenseman Caleb Jones replaced Slater Koekkoek, who broke his collarbone in a collision 14 seconds into his first shift a 7-1 win against the Calgary Flames on Saturday. Jones had one shot and one hit in 12:26 of ice time in his first game back after being a healthy scratch the previous nine games. ... Edmonton defenseman Tyson Barrie had an assist and has 14 points (three goals, 11 assists) in his past 12 games. … It was the third time in Oilers history they have come back from down three goals or more against the Canucks and win and first time since Dec. 7, 1983. … Pettersson reached 150 NHL points (63 goals, 87 assists) in his 162nd game, tying Patrik Sundstrom for the second-fastest in Canucks history behind Pavel Bure (130 games). Pettersson has 17 points (eight goals, nine assists) in his past 17 games.