EDMONTON, AB - The Edmonton Oilers picked up the statement victory by crushing the Toronto Maple Leafs by a 5-2 score at Rogers Place on Wednesday night.
"I think everyone was pretty dialed coming into the game. We knew it was going to be a good test," Ryan McLeod, who recorded an assist in the win, said after the game. "They picked up a ton of guys the deadline and we actually got the new move that we made, and it was a great test for us. I think we did really well and it was a fun match."
Connor McDavid continued his recent run of dominance with two goals and an assist on the night to push his league-leading point total to 118 -- just five points shy of his career high of 123 set last season. Zach Hyman continued his career-best campaign, picking up a goal and assist against his former club to givie himself 71 points on the year.
Stuart Skinner stopped 24-of-26 shots on the night to pick up his 16th victory of the season, while his cross-crease counterpart in Ilya Samsonov allowed five goals on 32 shots. Kailer Yamamoto and Klim Kostin accounted for the rest of the Oilers goals on the evening, while Mitch Marner and David Kampf scored for Toronto.
The Oilers finish their three-game homestand with a Friday night matchup against the Winnipeg Jets.
GAME RECAP: Oilers 5, Maple Leafs 2
The Oilers picked up an emphatic win over the Maple Leafs in Mattias Ekholm's debut on Wednesday at Rogers Place