Sept. 28: NHL Preseason Roundup

Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid combined for seven points for the Edmonton Oilers in a 4-3 win against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Sunday.

Draisaitl had two goals and two assists, and McDavid had a goal and two assists for Edmonton (4-1-1) in what was the second game of the preseason for each forward. Stuart Skinner made 25 saves.

Aatu Raty, Braeden Cootes and Jonathan Lekkerimaki scored for the Canucks (2-2-0). Thatcher Demko made 20 saves.

McDavid scored his first goal of the preseason at 1:28 of the first period, collecting a loose puck off a scramble behind the net and tucking it in past Demko.

Trent Frederic made it 2-0 at 11:37, scoring on a rebound in front off a shot from McDavid.

Draisaitl scored his first of the preseason on the power play at 16:57 of the second period to make it 3-0.

Raty made it 3-1 at 3:53 of the third period, picking the top corner on a shot from the right face-off circle.

Cootes cut it to 3-2 at 4:36, banking in a centering pass off the skate of Oilers defenseman Mattias Ekholm in front.

Draisaitl scored his second goal of the game at 9:27. He converted a pass from McDavid on a 2-on-1 rush against Canucks defenseman Filip Hronek to push the lead to 4-2.

Lekkerimaki got the Canucks to within 4-3 at 16:52 when he scored during a 6-on-5 with Demko on the bench for an extra attacker. -- Derek Van Diest

Blackhawks 4, Wild 1: Frank Nazar scored a hat trick for the Chicago Blackhawks in a 4-1 win against the Minnesota Wild at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Ryan Donato also scored, Tyler Bertuzzi, Teuvo Teravainen and Wyatt Kaiser each had two assists, and Drew Commesso made 28 saves for the Blackhawks (2-1-0).

Hunter Haight scored, and Filip Gustavsson made 17 saves in his first start this preseason for the Wild (1-1-1).

Nazar gave Chicago a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 9:31 of the first period. He chipped in a backdoor pass from Teravainen at the left post.

Nazar then made it 2-0 at 1:20 of the second period, roofing a shot over the left shoulder of Gustavsson after skating into the right circle with speed.

Haight cut it to 2-1 at 10:48, jamming in his own rebound in the crease.

Donato extended the lead to 3-1 at 7:31 of the third period. He finished a cross-ice spinning backhand pass from Connor Bedard.

Nazar shot into an empty net at 19:01 for the 4-1 final.

Blackhawks defenseman Alex Vlasic is day to day after sustaining a lower-body injury early in the third period.

Capitals 3, Devils 2 (SO): The Washington Capitals recovered for a 3-2 shootout win against the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Graeme Clarke and Ryan Leonard scored for the Capitals (3-0-0), and Charlie Lindgren made 20 saves.

Nico Hischier and Shane Lachance scored, and Jack Hughes had two assists for the Devils (2-2-1). Jacob Markstrom stopped 16 of 18 shots over the first two periods. Nico Daws made three saves in relief.

Clarke gave the Capitals a 1-0 lead at 15:58 of the first period when he collected a loose puck in front and buried it into a wide-open net.

Leonard extended the lead to 2-0 at 5:25 of the second period, skating around Brenden Dillon before sending a wrist shot over the left shoulder of Markstrom from the left face-off circle. Leonard was selected with the No. 8 pick in the 2023 NHL Draft.

Hischier cut it to 2-1 with a power-play goal at 15:10. Hughes fed a pass to Hischier, who then swept it by Lindgren from the slot.

Lachance tied it 2-2 on the power play at 16:00 of the third period, batting a puck out of the air at the top of the crease.

Pierre-Luc Dubois, Leonard and Andrew Cristall scored for Washington in the shootout.

Senators 2, Devils 0: Stephen Halliday and Olle Lycksell scored for the Ottawa Senators in their win against the Devils at Videotron Centre in Quebec City.

Georgi Romanov made 30 saves on 31 shots for the Devils (2-2-1).

Linus Ullmark stopped all 14 shots he faced for the Senators (2-1-0).

Tim Stutzle had a chance to put the Senators up 1-0 on a penalty shot at 8:44 of the second period, but he was denied by the right pad of Romanov.

Ullmark robbed Connor Brown with a diving stop along the goal line at the buzzer of the second period.

Halliday gave the Senators a 1-0 lead on the power play at 15:34 of the third period, collecting a puck that knocked off the stick of Stutzle before sending it over the glove of Romanov.

Lycksell scored into an empty net at 18:59 for the 2-0 final.

Hurricanes 4, Predators 2: Bradly Nadeau scored twice for the Carolina Hurricanes, who got their first win of the preseason against the Nashville Predators at Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Felix Unger Sorum and Charles Alexis Legault also scored, and Jackson Blake had two assists for the Hurricanes (1-3-0). Cayden Primeau made 18 saves.

Daniel Carr and Reid Schaefer scored for the Predators (2-2-1). Justus Annunen made 32 saves.

Carr gave Nashville a 1-0 lead at 6:22 of the first period. He tapped in the puck at the left post after Dylan Gambrell's initial shot hit off his shin.

Unger Sorum responded 39 seconds later on a 2-on-1 with Eric Robinson to tie it 1-1.

Nadeau scored a power-play goal to give Carolina a 2-1 lead at 14:58 of the second period. He buried a one-timer into an open net off a pass from Blake.

Nadeau then pushed the lead to 3-1 at 15:49. The 20-year-old, who was selected in the first round (No. 30) of the 2023 NHL Draft, has three goals in his past two preseason games.

Schaefer cut it to 3-2 at 16:37, but Alexis Legault answered back 24 seconds later to make it 4-2.