Elias Pettersson scored his first goal of the playoffs to put the Canucks ahead 1-0 on the power play 4:14 into the first period, one-timing a cross-ice pass from Miller to the bottom of the left circle.
“Nice to get on the scoreboard,” Pettersson said. “We moved the puck well.”
Draisaitl tied it 1-1 at 10:56 on the power play, finishing a give-and-go with McDavid from inside the right circle with a shot past Silovs’ blocker.
“He's an amazing player, one of the best players in the world, the best player in the world a lot of nights,” McDavid said. “And tonight was one of those nights.”
Brock Boeser scored 53 seconds into the second period to give Vancouver a 2-1 lead, deflecting a Soucy point shot down and under Skinner’s pads from the high slot with the teams playing 4-on-4. But Mattias Ekholm tied it 2-2 at 1:16 with the teams still skating 4-on-4, scoring on a quick shot over Silovs’ glove from the left hash marks after a Draisaitl pass from the goal line bounced to him off McDavid’s skate.
Zadorov put Vancouver ahead 3-2 with 1:43 left in the second period on a wrist shot off the rush from the bottom of the left circle that went over the right shoulder of Skinner as he leaned into his post. It was Zadorov’s fourth goal of the playoffs after he scored five in 54 regular-season games.
Edmonton took over in the third period, however, outshooting Vancouver 15-2.
“I think they had 13 5-on-5 chances,” Canucks coach Rick Tocchet said. "Too many guys are flipping pucks out when we didn't have to. That's only the thing I didn't like about our team in the third. I guess that's playoff experience. You have the puck, you have someone on your back, skate with it. Keep your heart rate down. I just felt soon as somebody got it, they flipped it. Like everybody. I think there were plays to be made. And that's what happens."
NOTES: Edmonton forward Adam Henrique played 11:38 after missing Game 1 with an undisclosed injury. He moved down to the second line after being the left wing on the top line with McDavid in the first round. … McDavid has an assist in all seven playoff games, tying the Oilers record set by Mark Messier in 1989. … Draisaitl’s goal was his 90th in the playoffs in his 56th game, making him the third-fastest player to reach that milestone, behind Wayne Gretzky (43 games) and Mario Lemieux (45 games). … Quinn Hughes had an assist, his 20th in 25 career playoff games, becoming the fastest Canucks defenseman to reach the mark and the third-fastest ever, behind Gary Suter (23 games) and Adam Fox (24 games).