Game Highlights 67.0: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Edmonton Oilers 7-4

The Edmonton Oilers blew a tire and got dropped by the Toronto Maple Leafs, as they went up by a score of 3-1 early in the second period but ultimately wound up losing 7-4. Below are the highlights from the game…

The Leafs came flying out of the gate and opened the scoring just three minutes into the game as Noel Acciari buried a rebound past Stuart Skinner…

Edmonton tied the game just 22 seconds later as Mattias Ekholm blasted a slap shot from the point for his first goal as a member of the Oilers…

Evander Kane gave the Oilers a 2-1 lead later in the first period as he broke into Toronto’s zone, wrapped the puck behind the net, and tucked a goal between Murray’s pad and the post…

Connor McDavid extended Edmonton’s lead to 3-1 early in the second period with his 55th goal of the season…

After that, it was all Leafs. Ryan McLeod threw a pass right in front of his own net and Mitch Marner picked it off and deked out Skinner to make the score 3-2…

Not long after, Marner picked off another breakout pass in Edmonton’s zone and fed William Nylander who sniped his 34th goal of the season…

Another minute after Nylander’s goal, John Tavares gave Toronto a 4-3 lead after burying a pass from Auston Matthews top shelf on Skinner…

With Darnell Nurse in the penalty box for tripping, Tavares scored again to extend Toronto’s lead to 5-3 late in the third period…

Matthews extended Toronto’s lead in the third period to 6-3 with his 30th goal of the season…

The Oilers cut into Toronto’s lead as Leon Draisaitl scored his 42nd goal of the season on the power play but the Leafs added an empty-netter and skated away with a 7-4 victory…