Foegele's 5-point night powers Oilers past Ducks

ANAHEIM -- Warren Foegele had an NHL career-high five points for the Edmonton Oilers in a 7-2 win against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on Sunday.

Foegele had two goals and three assists, Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists and Calvin Pickard made 28 saves for the Oilers (18-15-1), who have won five in a row, all on the road.

"Just staying patient with our game. We're not being reckless," Foegele said. "There's been times we've been down, and we just stay with it. ... If we keep believing in each other, staying calm, good things should happen with this group."

Max Jones and Frank Vatrano scored and John Gibson made 32 saves for the Ducks (13-23-0), who are 1-4-0 through the first five games of an eight-game homestand.

The Oilers have combined to outscore the Ducks 15-4 in their two meetings this season.

"We have a good enough group to be able to play with (Edmonton) for the full 60 (minutes)," Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas said. "It doesn't have to be 6-2 or 7-2 like it was. I don't think the score showed the chances, but ultimately we've got to find a way to keep the puck out of our net."

Edmonton took a 1-0 lead at 4:15 of the first period when Foegele recovered the puck behind the Anaheim net and fed Ryan McLeod for a one-timer from the slot.

Anaheim tied it 1-1 at 9:10. Trevor Zegras made a backhand pass from the end wall to Ryan Strome in the slot. His initially shot was saved by Pickard, but Jones scored off the rebound.

Oilers forward Evander Kane, who was a late scratch before the 3-2 shootout win at the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday, gave the Oilers a 2-1 lead at 17:22.

Kane recovered the puck behind the Anaheim net, banked it off the skate of Ducks forward Adam Henrique and through the pads of Gibson.

Cronin said the Ducks need to do a better job of protecting the area in front of the net.

“That’s something we’ve talked about," he said. "I don’t know if they’re panicking or what. I don’t have an answer for you, but I know it’s correctable.”

After the Oilers were outshot 14-9 in the first period, they took the first nine shots on goal in the second.

Draisaitl made it 3-0 at 1:48 of the second period when he scored his 17th goal of the season with a one-timer from just above the goal line.

The second line of Draisaitl, Foegele and McLeod combined for four goals and six assists.

"With our speed, we open up lanes and (Draisaitl) slows it down," Foegele said. "He's got such great vision, a great shot, so we're just trying to keep it going."

Foegele redirected a pass from Darnell Nurse into the net six seconds after an Edmonton power play ended to make it 4-1 at 4:16.

Foegele scored again at 11:43 off a feed from behind the net from McLeod to make it 5-1.

Vatrano scored for the third straight game on a wrist shot from the slot to cut it to 5-2 at 4:49 of the third period, his 17th of the season.

Zach Hyman scored off a feed from Connor McDavid to make it 6-2 at 8:49.

Brett Kulak scored at 15:49 for the 7-2 final.

"It was a high-event game," Edmonton coach Kris Knoblauch said. "I thought there were a lot of chances, both sides. I liked what we did offensively. We did make mistakes, (but) 'Picks' played really well. He made some really key saves, a lot of almost for-sure goals that were taken away. That's good reaction, good compete by him not giving up."

NOTES: Foegele is the first Edmonton player with five even-strength points in a game since Sam Gagner in an 8-4 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Feb 2, 2012. ... Edmonton went 4-0 on their first two two back-to-back sets of the season during the six-game trip. ... The Oilers lead the NHL with 12 goals in the first 5 minutes of a game. ... Ducks forward Brock McGinn returned after missing the past three games for the birth of his child and appeared in his 500th NHL game. ... Gudas returned after missing the previous three games with an ankle injury and assisted on Vatrano's goal. ... Ducks forward Troy Terry sat out with an upper-body injury sustained when he collided with teammate Mason McTavish in the third period of a 2-0 loss to the Arizona Coyotes on Friday. He's day to day.