Oilers rally past Flyers behind Draisaitl, McDavid

EDMONTON --Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each had three points for the Edmonton Oilers, who rallied for a 4-2 win against the Philadelphia Flyers at Rogers Place on Tuesday.

McDavid had two goals and an assist, and Draisaitl had a goal and two assists for the Oilers (31-19-8), who had lost four straight (0-1-3). Stuart Skinner made 24 saves.
"We didn't really have our stuff. We were pretty flat," McDavid said. "Only 10 shots through 40 [minutes], that isn't good enough. But I thought we had a great response. Give them credit, they played us hard. They're a stingy team that keeps everything to the outside. I thought we did a good job of generating offense in the third."

Noah Cates and Owen Tippett scored, and Carter Hart made 23 saves for the Flyers (23-26-10), who were coming off a 4-3 win at the Calgary Flames on Monday and are 1-4-1 in their past six games.
"They have some superstar players that just need a little space or a little bounce, and that's why they're the best players in the world," Cates said. "I thought for the most part, when we were forechecking and getting pucks in and staying below the dots, that's our game in general, but especially against an offensive team like that, that's how we need to play. Two-and-a-half periods of that just wasn't enough tonight with those star players who just need a little time and space."
Draisaitl tied it 2-2 with a power-play goal at 6:49 of the third period. He shot into an open net from the bottom of the right circle off a backdoor pass from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
The goal was Draisaitl's 700th NHL point, and McDavid earned his 800th NHL point on the play with the secondary assist.
"The third period was more like the way we wanted to play on a night when maybe everyone's body didn't feel the way they wanted it to feel," Edmonton coach Jay Woodcroft said. "Things weren't as clean as they normally are for us, but we found a way on a muddy track to get the job done."

McDavid put the Oilers ahead 3-2 at 12:39 when his backdoor pass deflected in off Flyers defenseman Travis Sanheim.
McDavid then scored a short-handed goal into an empty net at 17:35 for the 4-2 final.
"[McDavid and Nugent-Hopkins] are two of the best players in the world, plain and simple," Draisaitl said. "It is so much fun sharing the ice with these two. I feel very fortunate and very honored that I get to play with these two for a long time. We were a little sluggish, maybe, for the first two periods. Weren't very sharp with the puck and couldn't create too much in any way, so coming out with two points and playing a pretty good third period is big for us."
Cates gave Philadelphia a 1-0 lead at 10:01 of the first period, taking a pass from Wade Allison behind the net and scoring on a wraparound.
Tyson Barrie tied it 1-1 at 19:57, scoring glove side from the point following a face-off win by Draisaitl. The goal came three seconds into a power play.
"I think we knew that if we stayed out of the box and stayed 5-on-5 it would be a close game," Tippett said. "I think for most of the night our effort was there, and it was just a few bounces."

Tippet put the Flyers back in front 2-1 at 11:37 of the second period, chipping a centering pass from Kevin Hayes over the shoulder of Skinner.
"We're a team playing four in six nights, we get bag-skated through the trip through a lousy game in Seattle (6-2 loss to the Kraken on Thursday), travel. I'm proud of the team," Philadelphia coach John Tortorella said. "We don't find a way to finish the game, the penalties hurt us tonight. I thought the team laid it out there. They did all the things we asked of them and we played a hard game, we just couldn't find a way to win."
NOTES:Flyers forward Travis Konecny did not play after sustaining an upper-body injury against the Flames on Monday. He will be reevaluated when the team returns to Philadelphia. … McDavid has 802 points (283 goals, 519 assists) in 545 games. The only players in NHL history to reach the milestone in fewer games are Wayne Gretzky (352), Mario Lemieux (410), Mike Bossy (525) and Peter Stastny (531). … Draisaitl has 51 assists this season, his fifth straight season with at least 50. The only active players with a longer run are McDavid (seven straight, current) and Washington Capitals forward Nicklas Backstrom (six straight from 2013-14 to 2018-19).