Preseason roundup: McDavid gets 4 points in Oilers win

Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists for the Edmonton Oilers in a 7-2 win against the Calgary Flames at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Wednesday.

Connor Brown scored twice, Leon Draisaitl, Evander Kane and Lane Pederson each had a goal and an assist, and Darnell Nurse and Evan Bouchard each had two assists for the Oilers. Stuart Skinner made 18 saves.

Nikita Zadorov and Walker Duehr scored for the Flames. Dan Vladar made 35 saves.

McDavid scored his third goal of the preseason on a power play to give the Oilers a 1-0 lead at 5:55 of the first period.

Brown scored his first of the preseason at 7:36 to make it 2-0.

Zadorov cut it to 2-1 at 15:44. Duehr then tied it 2-2 at 17:56 with a one-timer off a pass from Martin Pospisil from behind the net.

Pederson scored on a breakaway at 2:01 of the second period to put the Oilers back in front 3-2.

Draisaitl’s first of the preseason pushed it to 4-2 at 10:02, and Brown scored his second of the game at 13:40 to make it 5-2.

Kane extended the lead to 6-2 at 11:04 of the third period before Raphael Lavoie scored a power-play goal at 14:53 for the 7-2 final.

Blue Jackets 5, Sabres 3: Adam Fantilli scored his first goal with the Columbus Blue Jackets in a win against the Buffalo Sabres at Nationwide Arena in Columbus.

Fantilli, who was the No. 3 pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, gave the Blue Jackets a 4-3 lead on a one-timer through traffic at 8:43 of the third period.

Patrik Laine, Johnny Gaudreau and Kirill Marchenko each had a goal and an assist, and Ivan Provorov and Damon Severson each had two assists for Columbus. Elvis Merzlikins made 23 saves.

Zemgus Girgensons, Owen Power and Zach Benson scored for Buffalo. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 28 saves.

Laine scored his third goal of the preseason at 6:15 of the first period to give the Blue Jackets a 1-0 lead. Emil Bemstrom then scored his third of the preseason on a power play at 9:04 to make it 2-0.

Girgensons cut it to 2-1 at 11:38.

Gaudreau gave Columbus a 3-1 lead 23 seconds into the second period.

Power cut it to 3-2 at 13:53, and Benson tied it 3-3 at 18:45.

After Fantilli put Columbus back in front, Marchenko scored an empty-net goal at 18:32 of the third for the 5-3 final.

Devils 5, Rangers 2: Jack Hughes, Nico Hischier and Dawson Mercer each had a goal and an assist for the New Jersey Devils in their win against the New York Rangers at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Ondrej Palat had three assists for the Devils. Vitek Vanecek made 19 saves.

Adam Fox and Will Cuylle scored for the Rangers. Jonathan Quick made 14 saves.

Jesper Bratt gave the Devils a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 7:12 of the first period.

Luke Hughes scored 32 seconds later from above the left circle to make it 2-0.

Cuylle cut it to 2-1 at 1:58 of the second period, scoring after Braden Schneider's initial shot caromed to him off the end boards.

Mercer scored a power-play goal on a rush at 5:26 to make it 3-1.

Fox pulled the Rangers to within 3-2 with a power-play goal at 10:58, but Hughes responded with his own goal on the man-advantage to push it to 4-2 at 13:09.

Hischier scored an empty-net goal at 17:35 of the third period for the 5-2 final.

Red Wings 2, Penguins 1: James Reimer made 21 saves for the Detroit Red Wings in their win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.

Simon Edvinsson and Daniel Sprong scored, and J.T. Compher had two assists for Detroit.

Xavier Ouellet scored for Pittsburgh. Alex Nedeljkovic made 22 saves.

Ouellet gave the Penguins a 1-0 lead at 17:38 of the first period, scoring with a backhand off an assist from Jansen Harkins.

Sprong scored his third of the preseason on a slap shot near the blue line to tie it 1-1 at 5:32 of the second period.

Edvinsson, who was the No. 6 pick in the 2021 NHL Draft, put the Red Wings ahead 2-1 at 13:14 of the third period. He scored with a wrist shot from the left circle during a 4-on-4.

Kraken 2, Canucks 1: Eeli Tolvanen scored the go-ahead goal in the third period for the Seattle Kraken in their win against the Vancouver Canucks at Abbotsford Centre in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

Tolvanen made it 2-1 at 12:29, scoring with a slap shot from the left circle after Casey DeSmith kicked out the rebound of Cale Fleury's initial shot.

Andrew Poturalski also scored for the Kraken. Joey Daccord started and played two periods before being replaced by Chris Driedger.

Carson Soucy scored, and DeSmith played the whole game for the Canucks.

Poturalski gave Seattle a 1-0 lead at 17:17 of the first period.

Soucy tied it 1-1 at 9:42 of the second period.