Connor McDavid scored a hat trick as the Oilers battled back from a 3-0 deficit to take a 5-3 victory over the Canucks. MORE:
Leon Draisaitl recorded a goal and two assists while Darnell Nurse also scored for the Oilers in their home opener.Elias Pettersson, J.T. Miller and Andrei Kuzmenko all scored for the Canucks . Thatcher Demko stopped 20-of-24 shots he faced in the loss.
Just 1:49 into the opening period, Oilers rookie forward Dylan Holloway coughed up the puck to Pettersson who had a clear lane to the net and was able to fish his own rebound out of the feet of Campbell and slip it in for a goal.Vancouver made it 3-0 on the power play just 39 seconds into the middle period as Miller made a perfect pass to give Kuzmenko a backdoor tap-in for his first goal in his NHL debut. Kuzmenko is the first player in Canucks history to score a power-play goal in his debut.
The Oilers pulled to within a goal with another power-play marker 14:01 into the second as a perfect three-way passing play saw the puck go from Zach Hyman to Draisaitl and then to McDavid for his first of the season. The Oilers took their first lead 15:01 into the third period as McDavid orchestrated a give-and-go with Hyman before depositing his own rebound past Demko. It was McDavid’s 700th career point, becoming the sixth fastest player to hit the mark, only needing 488 games.
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