THIRD PERIOD

The Oilers had to have a big offensive burst as one of the NHL’s unluckiest teams with 30th in goals in the NHL (2.34) despite having the second-best shot attempt average (66.7) and shots on goal (33.7). his first 14 games of the season.

What better team to do it against than the Canucks?

A hard-fought goal in the Canucks’ box by Connor Brown opened the floodgates for the Oilers, who scored four times in the next 4:55 to increase the lead over their Pacific Division rivals near the halfway point. . of the final painting.

Nearly a minute later, Connor McDavid took his own penalty and scored the power-play goal just 10 seconds into the man advantage, capitalizing on the rebound that came from a clever deflection by Hyman in front to put the winger at 200 assists in his career.

Following McDavid’s score, the Canucks began to lose their composure, especially in goal, where Lankinen was having trouble making stops after allowing two quick goals to the Oilers to give them a sizable 5-2 lead.

Brett Kulak unleashed a wrist shot in the left circle that McDavid put on his tape before his effort caught a piece of a Canucks defenseman’s stick on its way to Lankinen for a 6-2 lead with 11:52 remaining.

Three minutes later, another Connor Brown shot broke through to end Lankinen’s night with the Oilers leading 7-2 and more than halfway through the third period remaining.

The Canucks added a late goal from Pius Suter, but Edmonton had already done the damage to give them a big win over their Pacific Division rivals.