National Hockey League
Edmonton 7, Anaheim 2
When: 8:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 31, 2023
Where: Honda Center, Anaheim, California
Referees: Trevor Hanson, Morgan MacPhee
Linesmen: Travis Gawryletz, Trent Knorr
Attendance: 16000

Warren Foegele had two goals and three assists and Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists as the visiting Edmonton Oilers cruised to their fifth straight victory, beating the Anaheim Ducks 7-2 on Sunday night.

It was the first five-point game of Foegele's career. Ryan McLeod had a goal and an assist, Darnell Nurse had two assists and Evander Kane, Zach Hyman and Brett Kulak also scored for Edmonton, which improved to 7-0-2 in its past nine visits to Anaheim.

Calvin Pickard made 28 saves for the Oilers.

Max Jones and Frank Vatrano scored for Anaheim, which suffered its league-high 14th home loss in 20 games (6-14-0). John Gibson finished with 32 saves.

Edmonton, playing the second game of a back-to-back that began with a 3-2 shootout win at Los Angeles on Saturday night, jumped out to a 1-0 lead at the 4:15 mark of the first period on McLeod's wrist shot from the low slot.

Anaheim tied it, 1-1, at 9:10 of the period when Jones put in a rebound of a Ryan Strome shot. But the Oilers regained the lead at the 17:22 mark when Kane wrapped a shot around the right post and through Gibson's pads for his 14th goal of the season.

Edmonton extended its lead to 5-1 with three second-period goals.

Draisaitl made it 3-1 when he one-timed a shot from below the right circle off a Nurse pass for his 17th goal of the campaign.

Foegele then redirected a Nurse pass from the right point into the left side of the net to extend the lead to 4-1, and he followed that up by snapping in a wrist shot from the right side of the net off a McLeod pass from the end boards.

The Ducks cut their deficit to 5-2 at the 4:49 mark of the third period on Vatrano's 17th goal, but Hyman answered with his team-leading 21st goal four minutes later, firing a wrist shot from the edge of the right circle.

Kulak capped the scoring with 4:11 to go with his second goal of the season.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Edmonton   Anaheim
Warren Foegele 5 Points Max Jones 1
Warren Foegele 2 Goals Max Jones 1
Warren Foegele 3 Assists Radko Gudas 1
N/A Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Calvin Pickard .933 Save Percentage John Gibson .821
Calvin Pickard 28 Saves John Gibson 32
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Edmonton 39 7 0-4 4-4 41 26
Anaheim 30 2 0-4 4-4 31 22
Upcoming Games
  • Anaheim will play their next game at home against Toronto. The Ducks have a W/L % of .538 after a win and .261 after a loss.
  • Edmonton will play their next game at home against Philadelphia. The Oilers have a W/L % of .722 after a win and .312 after a loss.