Edmonton 7, Anaheim 2
When: 8:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 31, 2023
Where: Honda Center, Anaheim, California
Referees:
Trevor Hanson, Morgan MacPhee
Linesmen:
Travis Gawryletz, Trent Knorr
Attendance:
16000
By Field Level Media
Warren Foegele had two goals and three assists and Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists as the visiting Edmonton Oilers cruised to their fifth straight victory, beating the Anaheim Ducks 7-2 on Sunday night.
It was the first five-point game of Foegele's career. Ryan McLeod had a goal and an assist, Darnell Nurse had two assists and Evander Kane, Zach Hyman and Brett Kulak also scored for Edmonton, which improved to 7-0-2 in its past nine visits to Anaheim.
Calvin Pickard made 28 saves for the Oilers.
Max Jones and Frank Vatrano scored for Anaheim, which suffered its league-high 14th home loss in 20 games (6-14-0). John Gibson finished with 32 saves.
Edmonton, playing the second game of a back-to-back that began with a 3-2 shootout win at Los Angeles on Saturday night, jumped out to a 1-0 lead at the 4:15 mark of the first period on McLeod's wrist shot from the low slot.
Anaheim tied it, 1-1, at 9:10 of the period when Jones put in a rebound of a Ryan Strome shot. But the Oilers regained the lead at the 17:22 mark when Kane wrapped a shot around the right post and through Gibson's pads for his 14th goal of the season.
Edmonton extended its lead to 5-1 with three second-period goals.
Draisaitl made it 3-1 when he one-timed a shot from below the right circle off a Nurse pass for his 17th goal of the campaign.
Foegele then redirected a Nurse pass from the right point into the left side of the net to extend the lead to 4-1, and he followed that up by snapping in a wrist shot from the right side of the net off a McLeod pass from the end boards.
The Ducks cut their deficit to 5-2 at the 4:49 mark of the third period on Vatrano's 17th goal, but Hyman answered with his team-leading 21st goal four minutes later, firing a wrist shot from the edge of the right circle.
Kulak capped the scoring with 4:11 to go with his second goal of the season.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Edmonton |
|
Anaheim |
Warren Foegele 5 |
Points |
Max Jones 1 |
Warren Foegele 2 |
Goals |
Max Jones 1 |
Warren Foegele 3 |
Assists |
Radko Gudas 1 |
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Calvin Pickard .933 |
Save Percentage |
John Gibson .821 |
Calvin Pickard 28 |
Saves |
John Gibson 32 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Edmonton
|
39 |
7 |
0-4 |
4-4 |
41 |
26 |
Anaheim
|
30 |
2 |
0-4 |
4-4 |
31 |
22 |
Upcoming Games
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Anaheim will play their next game at home against Toronto. The Ducks have a W/L % of .538 after a win and .261 after a loss.
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Edmonton will play their next game at home against Philadelphia. The Oilers have a W/L % of .722 after a win and .312 after a loss.