ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia --Elias Pettersson scored twice on the power play for the Vancouver Canucks in a 5-4 win against the Edmonton Oilers at Abbotsford Centre on Wednesday.
Conor Garland had a goal and an assist, and Bo Horvat, Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Quinn Hughes each had two assists for the Canucks. Spencer Martin played the entire game in goal. Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist, and Markus Niemelainen had two assists for the Oilers. Stuart Skinner allowed five goals. Nils Hoglander gave Vancouver a 1-0 lead at 17:14 of the first period on a rebound after Ekman-Larsson's slap shot hit the post. McDavid tied it 1-1 at 7:05 of the second period when he skated into the Canucks zone with the puck, eluded Hughes in the right circle and roofed a shot over Martin's glove. Zach Hyman scored on a short-handed breakaway at 14:03 to give Edmonton a 2-1 lead, but Tanner Pearson tied it 2-2 for Vancouver 1:07 later with a power-play goal at 15:10. Garland gave the Canucks a 3-2 lead at 1:52 of the third period, but James Hamblin tied it with a short-handed goal at 2:20. Pettersson scored a power-play goal at 3:58 to give Vancouver a 4-3 lead, but Ryan Nugent-Hopkins tied it 4-4 at 6:16. Pettersson's second power-play goal gave the Canucks a 5-4 lead at 9:45.
