not a great start for the edmonton oilers, as leon draisaitl leaves mattias ekholm wide open for a 1-0 predators lead early.
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The Day After Highlights 10.0: Evander Kane hat trick paces Oilers in 7-4 win over Predators
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By Zach Laing
Nov 2, 2022, 08:00 EDTUpdated: Nov 2, 2022, 12:18 EDT
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Evander Kane. Connor McDavid. Leon Draisaitl.
Three goals from Evander, two goals and four points from Connor and a five-point night from Leon were what the Edmonton Oilers needed to beat the Nashville Predators 7-4 Tuesday night.
After spotting Nashville an early goal, the Oilers roared back with four straight in the first — including one from Derek Ryan, who notched his first goal of the year as the depth scoring chipped in.
The aforementioned three, however, scored the other six for the Oilers in what was a big victory.
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The Oilers have had issues with early goals against and last night was no different, but their ability to fight back in games has never been lost. Tuesday was another great example of that.
They won’t be able to trust in that for long, as Thursday the Oilers have a tough test against a New Jersey Devils squad playing some tremendous hockey. Nonetheless, let’s look at what happened last night.
sure, the predators may have taken a 1-0 lead early in the game, but the oilers have charged right back with three unanswered goals. evander kane scores twice and mcdavid adds another.
oilers 4th line goal alert! derek ryan cashes in his first of the year and the oilers have a 4-1 lead.
great stick from cody ceci to thwart a sure-thing preds goal
connor mcdavid has decided to win the rocket richard trophy this year. he makes it 5-1 with his second of the night and 11th on the year.
ryan johansen scores on the powerplay.
markus niemelainen draws a crowd after lining up, but ultimatley missing mattias ekholm.
dylan holloway does not want the puck to stay in the oilers zone.
five minutes into the third, filip forsberg cuts the oilers' lead to 5-3.
five minutes into the third, filip forsberg cuts the oilers' lead to 5-3.
leon draisaitl continues to own the nashville predators. he makes it 6-3 on the powerplay.
nino niederreiter with the deflection on the powerplay for a goal, but the oilers still lead 6-4.
that's career hat trick number five for evander kane and the oilers take a 7-4 lead.
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Zach Laing is the Nation Network’s news director and senior columnist. He can be followed on Twitter at @zjlaing, or reached by email at zach@oilersnation.com.
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