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12/23 23:23 CST McDavid has 5 assists and Draisaitl scores 3 goals as the surging Oilers defeat the Flames 5-1 McDavid has 5 assists and Draisaitl scores 3 goals as the surging Oilers defeat the Flames 5-1 EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) --- Connor McDavid had five assists, Leon Draisaitl scored three goals and the Edmonton Oilers kept rolling into the holiday hiatus with a 5-1 victory over the rival Calgary Flames on Tuesday night. Zach Hyman had a goal and two assists, Evan Bouchard added two assists and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored for the Oilers (19-13-6), who have won four of five and are 8-2-1 in their last 11 games. Mackenzie Weegar scored for the Flames (15-18-4), who won their previous two. Connor Ingram, making a second consecutive NHL start for the first time since early February with Utah, stopped 18 shots to improve to 2-0-0 with the Oilers. Dustin Wolf made 34 saves in the loss. McDavid extended his point streak to 11 games, with 12 goals and 19 assists during that stretch. It was the 45th time he's had at least four points in a game, tying Jari Kurri for second in Oilers history. Draisaitl has points in 10 of his last 11 games, with five goals and 19 assists. His three goals moved him past Glenn Anderson (417) for third in Oilers history behind Wayne Gretzky and Kurri. Edmonton took a 5-1 lead on a power play with 14:22 left as Draisaitl netted his third goal of the game and 20th of the season. It was his ninth career regular-season hat trick. Draisaitl entered with an eight-game goal drought, his longest regular-season stretch without a goal since February into March of 2021. Edmonton came in with the NHL's best power play (33.3%) and had scored on 42.4% of its opportunities over the last 10 games, with 14 goals on 33 chances. The Oilers were 3 for 6 with the man advantage Tuesday. Edmonton is 16-1-3 when scoring first this season and 4-0 in its new alternate jerseys, outscoring opponents by a 26-10 margin. Flames forward Mikael Backlund has six points in his last three games after totaling just three in his previous 10.

Up next After the holiday break, the Alberta rivals face off again Saturday in Calgary. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl