Kraken drop 4th straight in 9-4 blowout loss to Oilers

NHL superstar Connor McDavid netted his 13th career hat trick as the Edmonton Oilers rolled to a 9-4 rout of the Seattle Kraken, who lost their fourth straight.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dec 4, 2025, 9:32 PM

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Seattle Kraken goalie Joey Daccord warms up prior to a November 2025 game. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid had his 13th career hat trick to tie Mark Messier for fourth in Oilers history and added an assist in Edmonton’s 9-4 romp over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night.

Edmonton Oilers 9, Seattle Kraken 4: Box score

McDavid opened the scoring at 7:17 of the first period, made it 5-2 on a power play at 6:14 of the second and struck again on a power play at 6:59 of the third. He has 14 goals this season.

McDavid set up Leon Draisaitl’s first-period, power-play goal for his 28th assist. Along with his 16th goal, Draisaitl had three assists for a four-point night of his own.

Matthew Savoie scored twice and Vasily Podkolzin, Zach Hyman and Mattias Janmark added goals. Evan Bouchard and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had three assists, and Calvin Pickard made 28 saves. The Oilers have won two of their last three to improve to 12-11-5.

Eeli Tolvanen, Frederick Gaudreau, Jared McCann and Jani Nyman scored for Seattle. The Kraken have lost four in a row to drop to 11-8-6.

Joey Daccord allowed five goals on 14 shots for the Kraken before being replaced six minutes into the second period by Philipp Grubauer, who also made 14 saves.