Surprise, surprise Connor McDavid's still good. He scored two goals Tuesday to carry the EdmontonOilers to a 4-1 exhibition win over the NHLFlames.
EDMONTON — Connor McDavid scored two goals Tuesday to pace the Oilers to a 4-1 win over theKailer Yamamoto and Patrick Russell also scored for Edmonton while Elias Lindholm replied for Calgary.
The game was only a minute old when Oiler centre Leon Draisaitl chased down a dump-in to Calgary’s end to spark an attack that ended with Yamamoto firing a rebound over goalie Cam Talbot’s glove to make it 1-0. At times it sounded like a late-night beer league game at the local arena, albeit at a slightly faster pace: players could be heard calling for pucks, swearing blue streaks at opponents, and sometimes derisively asking the referee what game he was watching. The slap of the sticks and the boom of the puck echoed off the plastic and mesh seats.
In the first period, Oiler forward Zack Kassian levelled Calgary defenceman Erik Gustafsson, knocking his helmet off, while Flame forward Matthew Tkachuk pushed himself right into Mikko Koskinen’s crease, prompting the goalie to whack him with his stick.
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