Connor McDavid had five assists and Leon Draisaitl had three goals. Edmonton Oilers continued the holidays, defeating their opponents with a score of 5:1 Calgary Flames on Tuesday.
Zach Hyman had a goal and two assists, Evan Bouchard had a pair of helpers and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored for the Oilers (19-13-6), who have won four of their last five and are 8-2-1 in their last 11 games.
Mackenzie Weegar answered for the Flames (15-18-4), who had a modest two-game winning streak snapped.
Connor Ingram, making his second straight NHL start for the first time since early February with Utah, made 19 stops to improve to 2-0-0 with the Oilers.
Dustin Wolf made 34 saves in the loss to Calgary.
Edmonton is now 16-1-3 when scoring its first goal this season and is 4-0 in their new alternate jerseys, outscoring their opponents by a 26-10 margin.
Flames: Veteran forward Mikael Backlund has started to hit his stride, scoring six points in the last three games after just three in the previous 10.
Oilers: Edmonton's exciting pairing continued to shine in December. McDavid extended his point streak to 11 games with 12 goals and 19 assists. It was the 45th game in which he scored four or more points, tying Jari Kurri for second place in Oilers history. Draisaitl has points in 10 of his last 11 games with five goals and 19 assists. His three goals moved him past Glenn Anderson (417) for third in Oilers history behind Gretzky and Kurri.
Edmonton took a 5-1 lead on the power play with 14:22 left in the third when Draisaitl scored his third goal of the game and 20th of the season. It was his ninth career regular season hat trick. Draisaitl entered the game with an eight-game scoreless drought, his longest regular-season goalless stretch since February and March 2021.
Edmonton has the best power play in the league (33.3 percent) and has converted 42.4 percent of its opportunities over the last 10 games, scoring 14 goals on 33 chances. The Oilers were three of six with the man advantage on Tuesday.
The two Alberta rivals will face each other again in a rematch after the holiday break, with the game moving to Calgary on Saturday.
