Oilers score five straight goals, hand Penguins first regulation loss

EDMONTON --Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists when the Edmonton Oilers rallied for five straight goals in a 6-3 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Rogers Place on Monday.

Zach Hyman, Evander Kane and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had a goal and an assist, and Jack Campbell made 32 saves for the Oilers (3-3-0).
"We were just not skating, and it seems very obvious with our group that the second we start skating and being engaged that [we] are extremely hard to stop," Draisaitl said. "It just takes us too long to get to that point as of right now. That is something we can obviously work on."
Sidney Crosby scored, Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist, and Jason Zucker had two assists for the Penguins (4-1-1), who lost in regulation for the first time this season. Tristan Jarry made 41 saves and had an assist.
"We got outplayed," Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan said. "We had a real good start. I thought our first period was really strong [and] that was an area we knew we had to get better. I thought we had a real good first period, but we got outplayed from there."

Hyman gave Edmonton a 1-0 lead at 4:36 of the first period on a breakaway off a stretch pass from Evan Bouchard.
Rakell tied it 1-1 on a power play at 10:44 with a shot from the top of the left face-off circle.
Crosby made it 2-1 at 12:29 off a backdoor pass, and Bryan Rust extended it to 3-1 at 2:00 of the second period, banking the puck off Campbell from behind the goal line.
"I think the mood in the room [after the first] needed to be corrected a little bit," Kane said. "I thought the energy after the period was good and we carried that onto the ice. So, it was a good chat."

Tyson Barrie cut it to 3-2 on a power play at 4:03 when his point shot went in off Penguins forward Brock McGinn and defenseman Jan Rutta.
Kane tied it 3-3 at 15:09, converting a centering pass from Draisaitl, and Nugent-Hopkins gave the Oilers a 4-3 lead at 18:28.
"The second period was a good period for this home stand, and I thought we did a good job executing when we had to," Kane said. "I thought a big reason was because we got pucks to the net. It breaks down their coverage, creates some confusion in their D-zone and we got a lot of second and third chances off that, and that's something we need to continue to do."

Draisaitl made it 5-3 at 19:37, avoiding Pittsburgh defenseman Brian Dumoulin and scoring on the backhand.
"We just got on our heels, we didn't forecheck well and gave them some time and space," Crosby said. "They're a dangerous team and so, if you give them some time and space, they're going to make plays and we found that out."
Ryan McLeod scored off a drop pass from Derek Ryan at 16:45 of the third period for the 6-3 final.
"It's on the players. The players were the ones who decided to get it together a little bit," Edmonton coach Jay Woodcroft said. "There were some things in the first period that we wanted to clean up as a team, but it's the players who are the ones that go out and do that.
"Full marks to our players for playing probably our best period of the year in the second period, and that set us up for success tonight."
NOTES:Crosby extended his point streak to three games (two goals, three assists) and has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in six games. He tied Adam Oates for 18th on the NHL's all-time points list with 1,420 points (521 goals, 899 assists). … The Oilers outshot the Penguins 26-4 in the second period, setting a franchise record for the most shots in a period. … Edmonton center Connor McDavid left at 3:31 of the second when he crashed into the goal post but returned later in the period. … Penguins forward Drake Caggiula had one shot on goal, one hit and one blocked shot in 7:28 of ice time in his season debut after being recalled from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre of the American Hockey League earlier Monday.