CALGARY — The Edmonton Oilers continue to dig themselves out of their early-season hole with Leon Draisaitl wielding a wide shovel in the absence of captain and NHL star Connor McDavid.
Draisaitl's second three-point night since McDavid was sidelined with an ankle injury paced the Oilers to a 4-2 win over the Calgary Flames on Sunday in Edmonton's lone visit to the Saddledome this season.
The German forward assisted on Zach Hyman's game-winning, power-play goal and on Mattias Janmark's empty-netter in the third period. But Draisaitl, who signed an eight-year, US$112-million contract extension with the Oilers, was already heating up before McDavid's injury. "There's nights when he should be getting maybe bigger highlights and bigger spotlights than he actually does when Connor's in and he does his thing."
After dropping the season's first instalment of the Battle of Alberta 4-1 at home on Oct. 13, Edmonton led 2-0 by 8:12 of the opening period on Jeff Skinner's goal.
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