Draisaitl ignites Oilers in 4-1 win over Ducks - BERITAJA

EDMONTON – Leon Draisaitl scored a brace of goals and Evan Bouchard chipped successful pinch 3 assists arsenic the Edmonton Oilers dug heavy to stave disconnected elimination, defeating the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 connected Tuesday to unit Game 6 successful California.

Vasily Podkolzin and Zach Hyman besides scored for the Oilers who had antecedently allowed six abstracted leads to gaffe distant successful the first 4 games of the best-of-seven playoff series.

Connor McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had a brace of assists. Edmonton now owns an all-time grounds of 18-3 erstwhile scoring first successful a crippled erstwhile facing elimination.

Alex Killorn replied for the Ducks who return a 3-2 lead backmost location successful their first playoff bid since 2018.

Connor Ingram made 29 stops to grounds the triumph successful Edmonton’s net, while Ville Husso recorded 10 saves for Anaheim aft coming successful to relieve Lukas Dostal, who allowed 3 goals connected 9 shots.

For the 5th consecutive crippled the Oilers struck first, scoring connected the game’s first changeable conscionable 2:22 into the title arsenic Podkolzin hit Dostal up precocious for his 2nd of the post-season.

Edmonton took a 2-0 lead 8:33 into the opening play arsenic a constituent changeable was deflected twice, the 2nd clip done Dostal’s legs by Hyman, who recorded his 2nd of the playoffs.

The Oilers took a three-goal lead conscionable 1:14 later arsenic Draisaitl tipped a Bouchard constituent changeable successful for his 2nd of the playoffs. That spelled an early extremity of the nighttime for Dostal. It was the 5th fastest 3 goals to commencement a playoff crippled successful Edmonton franchise history.

Anaheim sewage connected the committee pinch their lethal powerfulness play 8:26 into the 2nd framework arsenic Mason McTavish dropped it backmost to Killorn, who extended his points streak to 4 games pinch his 3rd extremity of the playoffs.

Edmonton responded pinch a power-play extremity of its ain a mates minutes later connected a wicked one-timer by Draisaitl for his 2nd of the game. Draisaitl tied Wayne Gretzky for the about post-season power-play goals successful franchise history astatine 23.

There was nary scoring successful the third.

The Ducks outshot Edmonton 24-8 complete the last 40 minutes.

NOTES

Edmonton has played the about playoff games of immoderate NHL squad since 2022 pinch 80, 2 much than the Florida Panthers, who hit the Oilers successful the past 2 Stanley Cup finals earlier failing to suffice this play … Playing successful his 80th profession playoff game, Bouchard collected his 88th point, moving into a necktie for 3rd spot all-time for players done 80 games pinch Brian Leetch, down only Bobby Orr (92) and Paul Coffey (92) … McDavid (63 points) passed Adam Oates for the second-most points successful NHL history erstwhile trailing successful a playoff series. Only Gretzky (80) has more.

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Game 6 takes spot Thursday nighttime astatine the Honda Center successful Anaheim.

This study by BERITAJA was first published April 28, 2026.