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Four objectives in first interval, Oilers beat Jets 6-2


EDMONTON – Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard every had a objective and an help for the Edmonton Oilers in a 6-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday.

The Oilers exploded out of the gate to take a 4-0 lead after the primary interval.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Matthew Savoie, Curtis Lazar, and David Tomasek additionally scored for the Oilers (13-11-5) who’ve gained three of their final 4. Oilers captain Connor McDavid had a pair of assists.

Gabriel Vilardi and Cole Koepke replied for the Jets (14-13-1) who’ve misplaced seven of their final 9.

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Edmonton’s Stuart Skinner made 19 saves for the win. Winnipeg’s Eric Comrie allowed 4 objectives on 16 photographs within the first interval. Thomas Milic drew in to begin the second and made 10 saves.

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Jets: Mark Scheifele prolonged his factors streak to seven video games with an help after having a objective known as again on a flagrant off-side within the second interval. Kyle Connor’s objective scoring streak halted at 4 video games, however he has factors in 5 straight.

Oilers: The 21-year-old rookie Savoie scored his third objective in his final two video games and has six this season. In Edmonton’s 9-4 win over Seattle on Thursday, the ahead from St. Alberta, Alta., turned the third youngest participant in Oilers historical past to attain each a short-handed and a power-play objective in the identical recreation behind Glenn Anderson and Paul Coffey.

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Edmonton led 3-0 by 7:24 of the primary interval when an enormous rebound from a Mattias Ekholm shot got here throughout to Savoie, who had a straightforward tap-in for his sixth of the season. The Oilers scored on three of their first 4 photographs.

KEY STAT

McDavid and Draisaitl continued to pile up the factors. Since the start of November, McDavid has 28 factors (11G, 17A) in 17 video games. Draisaitl has 19 factors (7G, 12A) in his final 11 video games.

UP NEXT

Jets: Host the Dallas Stars on Tuesday.

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Oilers: Host the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Dec. 6, 2025.

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