National Hockey League
Edmonton 6, Vancouver 2
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 23, 2025
Where: Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta
Referees: Brandon Blandina, Trevor Hanson
Linesmen: Julien Fournier, Brandon Grillo
Attendance: 18347

Zach Hyman scored two goals and had an assist and Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers rolled over the visiting Vancouver Canucks 6-2 on Thursday.

Emotions were high, but the Oilers played a disciplined game without superstar Connor McDavid, scoring five straight goals in the second game in five nights between the Pacific Division rivals.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Adam Henrique and Kasperi Kapanen also scored for Edmonton, which snapped a two-game skid. Backup Calvin Pickard stopped 24 of 26 shots for the win.

Brock Boeser and Filip Hronek scored and Thatcher Demko made 28 saves for the Canucks.

The league slapped McDavid with a three-game ban on Monday after he cross-checked Vancouver's Conor Garland in the dying moments of Vancouver's 3-2 victory on Saturday. McDavid, who has 65 points in 43 games, is eligible to return Monday against Seattle.

Hyman started the scoring at 5:52 of the first period. Draisaitl got creative with a long backhand pass from behind his own goal line to Hyman at the Canucks' blueline. Hyman then drove to the net and outmuscled defenseman Hronek before slipping the puck through the legs of Demko.

The Oilers then scored two goals in 20 seconds, including one on the power play, to break the game open.

Draisaitl made it 2-0 by scoring at 14:21 just as a Canucks' penalty was ending. He one-timed a shot from the slot that went in off the left arm of Demko.

Henrique gave Edmonton a three-goal lead at 14:41 of the first. Henrique got a pass behind the net, moved out front and in one motion went down to one knee and jammed it in on the short side.

Hyman deflected a pass into the net just 1:59 into the second period for his second goal of the game to make it 4-0.

Nugent-Hopkins scored a power-play goal with a high shot to Demko's glove side at 12:02 of the second and the rout was on.

Boeser scored on a snapshot at 12:27 and Hronek on a slapshot at 15:06 of the second to cut the Oilers' lead to 5-2.

Kapanen got his own rebound and scored halfway through the third to make it 6-2.

The Canucks took 26 minutes in penalties, compared to just eight minutes for Edmonton.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Vancouver   Edmonton
Brock Boeser 2 Points Zach Hyman 3
Brock Boeser 1 Goals Zach Hyman 2
Brock Boeser 1 Assists Leon Draisaitl 2
N/A Power Play Goals Leon Draisaitl 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Thatcher Demko .824 Save Percentage Calvin Pickard .923
Thatcher Demko 28 Saves Calvin Pickard 24
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Vancouver 26 2 0-0 2-4 26 34
Edmonton 34 6 2-4 0-0 8 26
Upcoming Games
  • Edmonton will play their next game at home against Buffalo. The Oilers have a W/L % of .655 after a win and .579 after a loss.
  • Vancouver will play their next game at home against Washington. The Canucks have a W/L % of .333 after a win and .500 after a loss.