Evander Kane scored twice and Warren Foegele recorded the winning goal with 5:25 remaining to help lift the Edmonton Oilers to a 7-5 home win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday.
After Foegele scored to make it 6-5, Kane scored an empty-net goal with 1:09 remaining to seal the win for Edmonton, which has won three in a row.
Detroit has lost six in a row and eight of its last nine.
Edmonton jumped all over Detroit early, scoring three goals in the initial 4:35.
Devin Shore scored with 18:01 remaining in the first, then Connor McDavid made it 2-0 on a goal with 16:49 left. The lead grew to 3-0 with 15:25 remaining on a goal by Zach Hyman.
Detroit got on the board with 11:14 remaining in the first on a goal by Marc Staal, but the Oilers got the goal back when Kailer Yamamoto scored on a power play with 1:23 to go.
The score remained 4-1 until late in the second period, when Detroit cut its deficit to 4-2. Sam Gagner fired a shot from a bad angle to the right side of the goal, and it got past Edmonton goalie Mikko Koskinen with 1:54 remaining.
Detroit then continued its momentum in the third, tying the game at 4-4 on two quick goals.
Filip Zadina scored a power-play goal with 17:42 remaining, then Staal followed that up 34 seconds later with his second score.
Edmonton regained the lead at 5-4 on a goal by Kane with 15:45 remaining, but Detroit tied it again with 13:28 left on a goal by Lucas Raymond.
--Field Level Media
Detroit | Edmonton | |
Marc Staal 2 | Points | Evander Kane 2 |
Marc Staal 2 | Goals | Evander Kane 2 |
Taro Hirose 2 | Assists | Leon Draisaitl 2 |
Filip Zadina 1 | Power Play Goals | Kailer Yamamoto 1 |
N/A | Short Handed Goals | N/A |
Alex Nedeljkovic .880 | Save Percentage | Mikko Koskinen .857 |
Alex Nedeljkovic 22 | Saves | Mikko Koskinen 30 |
Team | Shots | Goals | Power Play | Penalty Kill | Penalty Mins | Face Offs Won |
Detroit | 35 | 5 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 8 | 24 |
Edmonton | 32 | 7 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 4 | 38 |