Has assist, Draisaitl, Foegele score on power play for Edmonton

by Kevin Woodley / NHL.com Independent Correspondent

VANCOUVER — Mikko Koskinen made 29 saves and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 at Rogers Arena on Saturday.

Connor McDavid had an assist for the Oilers, ending his multipoint streak to start the season at six games. McDavid leads the NHL with 16 points (seven goals, nine assists).

Leon Draisaitl and Warren Foegele scored power-play goals for Edmonton (6-1-0), which bounced back from its first loss of the season Wednesday to the Philadelphia Flyers.

Thatcher Demko made 32 saves and Brock Boeser scored his 100th NHL goal with six seconds left for the Canucks (3-5-1), who have lost the first three of a seven-game homestand.

Edmonton’s power play came into the game ranked first in the NHL at 42.9 percent and converted its two chances.

Foegele converted a rebound at the side of the net with one second left in the power play to make it 1-0 Oilers at 11:39 of the first period.

Draisaitl made it 2-0 at 18:20 of the second with a one-timer from the bottom of the left face-off circle over the outstretched pad of Demko.

McDavid assisted on the goal, extending his point streak to seven games to start the season.

Demko stopped McDavid twice on breakaways in the third period, leaving the Oilers captain one game short of tying the Edmonton record for multipoint games to start a season (Wayne Gretzky, seven, 1983-84).

Koskinen, making his fourth straight start with No. 1 goalie Mike Smith injured, made his best saves on a late Canucks power play with Demko pulled for an extra attacker, robbing Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Boeser before Boeser ended his shutout bid with a high blocker shot from inside the left face-off dot.