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Draisaitl has 2 goals and an assist, Oilers beat Bruins 5-3

Nov 11, 2021, 4:44 AM | Updated: 7:25 pm

Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl (29) shoots the puck past Boston Bruins goaltender Linus Ullm...

Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl (29) shoots the puck past Boston Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark (35) for a goal during the third period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)


              Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl (29) shoots the puck past Boston Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark (35) for a goal during the third period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
            
              Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid (97) hangs on to Boston Bruins center Brad Marchand (63) while chasing the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
            
              Edmonton Oilers left wing Zach Hyman (18) celebrates with Connor McDavid, left, after his goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
            
              Edmonton Oilers left wing Brendan Perlini, center, tries to break free from Boston Bruins' Brandon Carlo (25) and Matt Grzelcyk (48) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
            
              Boston Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark (35) looks back at a goal by Edmonton Oilers left wing Zach Hyman (18) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
            
              Boston Bruins defenseman Brandon Carlo, left, dives as he tries to strip the puck away from Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid (97) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
            
              Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid (97) skates after the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
            
              Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl (29) strips the puck away from Boston Bruins center Brad Marchand (63) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, in Boston. Oilers center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (93) looks on. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

BOSTON (AP) — Leon Draisaitl had two goals and an assist, moving ahead of teammate Connor McDavid into the NHL scoring lead and leading the Edmonton Oilers to a 5-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.

Evan Bouchard, Zach Hyman and Cody Ceci also scored, and Mikko Koskinen stopped 26 shots for Edmonton. The Pacific Division-leading Oilers, who fell to Detroit on Tuesday, avoided their first back-to-back losses of the season.

“We competed way harder. We got behind quick but the ability to get it right back — not chase the game — we were pretty strong,” coach Dave Tippett said. “We don’t want to lose two in a row, so we came out and played well.”

McDavid had one assist to extend his scoring streak to 12 games to start the season. After entering the game tied for the NHL lead with 23 points, McDavid fell behind Draisaitl, who has a league-leading 12 goals to go with his 14 assists.

David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand each had a go-ahead goal for Boston that was answered less than a minute later by an Edmonton score. Brandon Carlo gave the Bruins their third lead late in the second period and then in the third turned the puck over to Draisaitl right in front of the net to make it 3-all.

“It says a lot about our group that we don’t stop, and we stick with it, even if it’s not pretty,” Draisaitl said. “There are lots of things that we can improve on, that we don’t have to score five goals every game to win.”

The Oilers went ahead for the first time about three minutes later when Ceci powered toward the net before sliding it to Draisaitl in front to make it 4-3. Ceci made it 5-3 in the final minutes — his first goal of the season.

“It’s especially nice for him to get a goal, and make a huge play on the game-winner,” Draisaitl said. “He’s been amazing. Probably not the prettiest guy to watch, if that’s what you want to say. But he’s so effective and so good at what he does.”

Linus Ullmark stopped 23 shots for Boston, which lost at home for the first time this season.

RESPONSE GOALS

Pastrnak broke in on a two on one with Marchand in the first period, taking it himself to put the puck between Mikko Koskinen’s pads. Just 44 seconds later, Bouchard beat Ullmark on the glove side to tie it.

In the second, Pastrnak tried to pass it to Bergeron at the side of the net, but it was intercepted by Bouchard. The Oilers defenseman deflected it right to Marchand in the slot, though, and he made it 2-1.

But just 24 seconds later, the Oilers tied it again when Hyman skated in from the circle and, switched over to his backhand and beat Ullmark on the far side to make it 2-2.

After Carlo made it 3-2 with about three minutes left in the second, the lead held up for about nine minutes until Carlo gifted Draisaitl a turnover right in front of the net to make it 3-all.

COLBY CAVE

The teams had a pregame ceremony to honor Colby Cave, the former Bruin and Oiler who played 67 games in the NHL before he died in April 2020 at the age of 25 due to a brain bleed. The Bruins played a video in his memory, and his wife, Emily Cave, dropped the puck for a ceremonial opening faceoff.

The Boston Bruins Foundation was auctioning off game-used sticks from both teams to benefit the Colby Cave Memorial Fund.

NOTES

Boston F Nick Foligno played after missing eight games with an unspecified injury. F Anton Blidh also returned, joining the fourth line in place of Trent Frederic, who was injured in Tuesday’s game against Ottawa.

UP NEXT

Oilers: At Buffalo on Friday night.

Bruins: At New Jersey on Saturday.

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