Draisaitl has 4 points, Oilers rally past Kraken for 12th straight win

EDMONTON -- Leon Draisaitl had a goal and three assists, and the Edmonton Oilers extended their franchise record with their 12th straight win, 4-2 against the Seattle Kraken at Rogers Place on Thursday.

Warren Foegele scored twice, Zach Hyman had a goal and an assist and Evander Kane had two assists for the Oilers (25-15-1), who tied the 1967-68 Montreal Canadiens for the longest win streak by a Canadian team in NHL history. Stuart Skinner made 25 saves.

“We don’t talk about the streak very much, if at all,” Edmonton coach Kris Knoblauch said. “I’m not sure what they talk about when I leave the room, but I don’t think they do. I think what we talk about, we look at, we think about is where we are in the standings (third in the Pacific Division).

“We lose a few games, we’re out of the playoff picture. We win a few more games, maybe we’re looking at home-ice advantage. That’s what we’re focused on right now, just trying to climb the standings as much as we can.”

Eeli Tolvanen and Jared McCann scored, and Joey Daccord made 32 saves for the Kraken (19-17-9), who lost the final three of a six-game road trip after winning the first three.

“As you get into these trips, the start of them is so important,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. “[Three wins and three losses] is not what we wanted, and if you could get one of these last games, either in New York (5-2 loss at the Rangers on Tuesday) or tonight, you walk away feeling like it’s a really successful good road trip. We weren’t able to do that. That’s disappointing.

“Our first 20 (minutes) was good, [but] obviously the first 10 minutes of the second period was what cost us. We weren’t as sharp as we needed to be and obviously gave up too much in that time span. We did push back after that, but we weren’t able to capitalize on what was a good start.”

Tolvanen gave Seattle a 1-0 lead at 9:49 of the first period. Oliver Bjorkstrand sent Tolvanen on a breakaway after Connor McDavid turned the puck over attempting a spin-o-rama in front of the Kraken net.

McCann made it 2-0 at 13:32 when he took a pass from Jordan Eberle and beat Skinner from between the circles.

“It was a great start; we kind of got them back on their heels a little bit, but we have to finish the game,” McCann said. “It’s great to start that way, but you have to finish.

“We gave them too much. We have to realize that sometimes you just have to play [defense], especially against a team like that. It’s a learning experience for us.”

Foegele cut it to 2-1 just 37 seconds into the second period, scoring on a rebound at the left dot.

Draisaitl tied it 2-2 on a power play at 4:38 on a rebound after Hyman’s shot from the slot hit the goal post.

Foegele put Edmonton in front 3-2 at 7:38 on a breakaway after a feed from Draisaitl.

“I am happy we got the win,” Foegele said. “This group just keeps battling back, and we were super calm. Hopefully we can continue this.

“It was a huge divisional opponent. We are clawing back and so are they, so it is good that we got the win. We have another big matchup against Calgary (on Saturday). I think as a group it is cliché, but you just take it day by day. We are a confident group right now and we need to continue that.”

Alex Wennberg thought he tied it for the Kraken at 18:08, but the Oilers successfully challenged that Seattle forward Kailer Yamamoto was offside prior to the goal.

Hyman scored on a backdoor tap-in during an extended power play at 17:22 of the third period for the 4-2 final.

NOTES: With an assist on Hyman’s goal, McDavid extended his point streak to 12 games (18 points; five goals, 13 assists). … It was Edmonton’s eighth comeback win during the streak. It allowed the first goal for the fifth straight game. … Skinner has won nine consecutive starts. … Draisaitl has seven points (three goals, four assists) during a three-game point streak. He won 13 of 14 face-offs (92.9 percent). … Kane reached 600 NHL points with an assist on each of Foegele’s goals. … Knoblauch became the fifth coach to win at least 12 games in a row in his first season with a franchise, and the first since Andrew Brunette guided the Florida Panthers to 13 straight in 2021-22.