"Definitely a fortunate bounce, but the power play, it's about painting the same picture," McDavid said. "I was down there and saw [Ryan Nugent-Hopkins] breaking back door, [James Neal] was in front. If you just throw it there something good is going to happen. Lucky it goes off a defender and in."
The Rangers were 0-for-4 on the power play, including a failed 5-on-3 for 39 seconds in the first period, when the game was tied 0-0. They had one shot on the 5-on-3, seven shots on the power play in total and 21 overall.
"I can think of five instances off the top of my head where we have incredible chances to shoot a puck and we don't, and off of that might come four other shots," Quinn said. "You get a loose puck sitting in front of the net, you better get rid of it in a hurry. We just didn't have that shooting mentality. We didn't do a lot of things in a hurry today."
Draisaitl made it 3-1 with 6:48 remaining in the third period, when his backhanded shot got through Lundqvist's legs. He scored an empty-net goal with 15 seconds left to make it 4-1.
Edmonton limited the Rangers to two shots on goal and four total shot attempts after Draisaitl extended the lead to 3-1.
"Once we got the third goal I don't think we gave them much at all," Oilers coach Dave Tippett said. "Guys are recognizing what we have to do to win. Just because you're up 3-1, you don't have to make it 5-1. Make sure the 3-1 stays in place and it's about winning games. The two points are more important than how many goals you score."
Kakko gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead with 1:32 remaining in the first period. He gave the puck to Ryan Strome, got inside position on Klefbom in the slot, got the puck back and made a forehand-backhand deke before beating Smith.
Klefbom scored his first of the season at 6:45 of the second period to tie the game at 1-1.
