Edmonton set a franchise record when Leon Draisaitl scored the overtime winner in a 6-5 comeback win over the Rangers on Friday night.
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers set a franchise record when Leon Draisaitl scored the overtime winner in a 6-5 comeback win over the New York Rangers on Friday night. The Oilers have won nine of their first 10 games for the first time in team history. Jesse Puljujarvi scored twice for Edmonton, which also got goals from Zach Hyman, Tyson Barrie and Connor McDavid. Edmonton goalie Mikko Koskinen stopped 20 of 25 shots in the victory. “It felt like the ’80s out there at times tonight,” McDavid said. “We don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves. It’s 10 games in.… Honestly, we wanted to perform well, and we didn’t do that for a large part of the game. But finding a way to win a game like that? You can build on it.” McDavid’s goal with three minutes left in the third period turned heads and tied the game 5-5. He waltzed through four Rangers defenders before taking it past Rangers goaltender Alexandar Georgiev for his eighth of the season. “The bench went crazy,” Hyman said.
