The Mattias Ekholm era is off to an excellent start, as the Edmonton Oilers pounded the Toronto Maple Leafs by a score of 5-2 in his debut. Below are the highlights from the game…

GAME HIGHLIGHTS ARE PRESENTED BY BETWAY

The Oilers opened the scoring a few minutes into the game while newly-acquired Leafs defender Jake McCabe was in the penalty box. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins stripped Mitch Marner of the puck, Leon Draisaitl brought it into the zone and fired a shot on goal, and Connor McDavid buried the rebound…
The Leafs tied the game later in the first frame as Cody Ceci wasn’t able to break the puck out of Edmonton’s zone. The play was reviewed for an off-side but the goal call stood…
Just over one minute after the Leafs tied the game at 1-1, McDavid ripped through Toronto’s zone and wired his 52nd of the season past Ila Samsonov…
The Oilers extended their lead to 3-1 before the end of the first period as Zach Hyman buried a goal against his former club…
Edmonton continued to pour it on in the second frame. Cody Ceci threw a shot on Toronto’s goal and Kailer Yamamoto deflected it past Samsonov…
Late in the second period, the Oilers caught the Leafs napping and made the score 5-1. Two Leafs skated toward Warren Foegele just inside Toronto’s blueline, leaving Ryan McLeod and Klim Kostin with just a flat-footed T.J. Brodie between them and Samsonov. McLeod breezed past Brodie and fed Kostin for an easy tap-in…
It looked like the Oilers buried another one to make the score 6-1 just a few moments after, but the goal was called back due to an interference call on McDavid. A great shot from Evan Bouchard here, regardless…
The Leafs got a goal back as they started the third period with McDavid in the penalty box and capitalized on the man advantage…
Later in the third, Justin Holl threw a questionable hit on Kailer Yamamoto and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins stepped in and dropped the gloves…