SEATTLE — Vasily Podkolzin and Jeff Skinner scored in the first 5 1/2 minutes and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Seattle Kraken 4-2 on Saturday night for their third straight victory. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Leon Draisaitl also scored, with Draisaitl ...

Edmonton wasted no time either, instantly hitting its stride from the moment the lights when back on. Vasily Podkolzin netted his fourth of the campaign at 0:57 by ripping a one-timer off a Leon Draisaitl pass. It was the culmination of a play by which the Oilers easily gave the Kraken’s defence the slip.

About 10 seconds into Saturday night’s game at Climate Pledge Arena the lights went out and the screen went totally dark. It looked like the series finale of The Sopranos. And, in keeping with the mafia theme,

Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist and Viktor Arvidsson contributed two assists as the Edmonton Oilers held on for a 4-2 victory against the host Seattle Kraken on Saturday night, their seventh straight victory against their Pacific Division rivals.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Leon Draisaitl ... in 11 career games against Seattle — more than any other NHL player. The Oilers are at Boston on Tuesday night. The Kraken host New Jersey on Monday ...

Vasily Podkolzin and Jeff Skinner scored in the first 5 1/2 minutes and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Seattle Kraken 4-2 on Saturday night for their third straight victory. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and ...

SEATTLE — Vasily Podkolzin ... and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Seattle Kraken 4-2 on Saturday night for their third straight victory. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Leon Draisaitl also scored, with ...

Nugent-Hopkins, whose two-way acumen has him stapled to the top line most games, moved down the depth chart against the Wild. He moved from left wing to centre, playing with wingers Vasily Podkolzin and Viktor Arvidsson for much of the evening.

Sidney Crosby moved up in the NHL record book and Bryan Rust ignited a four-goal outburst in the first period as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the visiting Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Thursday. It was the Penguins' first win over the Oilers in more than five years.

Stuart Skinner earned the unofficial shutout with 26 saves & Adam Henrique scored twice on Tuesday in a complete performance by the Oilers in a 4-0 victory over the Bruins at TD Garden

The Oilers arrive winners of three straight, seven of 10, and 14 of 18, with top NHL scorer Leon Draisaitl on a 14-game point streak.

The Edmonton Oilers went a perfect 3-0 in three games last week, and as Oilers play-by-play man Jack Micheals pointed out, it marked the first time the Oilers won two games in a row without a point from Connor McDavid.