Leon Draisaitl had two goals and two assists and Evan Bouchard had two goals as the Edmonton Oilers came from behind to snap a seven-game losing skid, rallying to defeat the Calgary Flames 5-3 on Saturday.
Brendan Perlini also scored for the Oilers (19-16-2), who were in desperate need for a win, having gone 2-11-2 in their previous 15 games. Connor McDavid chipped in with two assists.
Mikko Koskinen was solid in the Edmonton net, making 44 saves.
As has come to be expected, Edmonton allowed the game’s first goal. It came 8:29 into the first period as Tkachuk lifted a rebound over Koskinen’s leg to tie for the team lead with his 18th goal of the season. It was the 15th time in the last 16 contests — and the 24th in the last 28 games — that the Oilers have allowed the first goal.
The Flames made it 2-0 with a power-play goal scored with just 41 seconds remaining in the opening frame as Lucic was able to tip a Hanifin shot through the Oiler goalie’s legs.
WATCH l Oilers back to winning ways with 5-3 victory over rival Flames:
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Edmonton snaps a seven-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over Calgary. Leon Draisaitl scores the game-winning goal and records 4 points. 1:04
Edmonton got on the board 5:35 into the second period as a Bouchard blast from the point on the power play beat Markstrom. McDavid earned an assist to avoid going pointless for four games in a row for the first time in his career.
Bouchard picked the top corner for his second power-play goal of the game midway through the middle period to knot the game 2-2.
Edmonton went up 4-3 with 5:31 left in the third period as Draisaitl showed tremendous patience in waiting for Markstrom to go down before sending home his 27th goal of the season.
Draisaitl added an empty netter with one second to play.
The Flames are back at it on Monday as they host the St. Louis Blues, while the Oilers are off until Tuesday when they travel to Vancouver to face the Canucks.