Hyman gets 3 points in Oilers win against Kraken

EDMONTON --Zach Hyman had a goal and two assists for the Edmonton Oilers, who extended their winning streak to four games with a 5-2 victory against the Seattle Kraken at Rogers Place on Tuesday.

Leon Draisaitl and Dylan Holloway each had two assists, and Jack Campbell made 29 saves for the Oilers (25-18-3).
"They got the first one there and our response was really good," Hyman said. "You talk about a team coming off a back to back and how you want to make it a little it harder for them (Seattle lost 4-1 to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday), and I thought we managed the puck well and had a strong third period, a mature third period."
Daniel Sprong and Vince Dunn scored, and Martin Jones made 29 saves for the Kraken (26-14-4), who have lost two straight after an eight-game winning streak.
"We let them play with speed, we gave them some free breakouts, and they'll make you pay," Sprong said. "We made some mistakes and turnovers, and they ended up in the back of the net."

Sprong scored on a power play at 3:11 of the first period to give the Kraken a 1-0 lead. His backdoor pass intended for Jordan Eberle deflected in off the stick of Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse.
Connor McDavid tied it 1-1 at 14:08. He skated through the neutral zone, gained the blue line after defenseman Justin Schultz fell down following a slight collision with Hyman, and scored from the left circle through a poke check by Jamie Oleksiak.
McDavid, who leads the NHL with 38 goals this season, has 12 points (six goals, six assists) during an eight-game point streak.
Derek Ryan put the Oilers in front 2-1 at 3:15 of the second period. He knocked in the puck on the edge of the goal line after Vincent Desharnais' shot trickled through the pads of Jones.
"That's a good team that we went out and played well against, start to finish," Nurse said. "We got ourselves a lead and worked hard. [Campbell] played huge and made some big saves at big times, and throughout our lineup guys contributed tonight."
Warren Foegele made it 3-1 at 12:30 when he was able to lift in a rebound with his backhand while sitting on the ice during a scramble in front.
"We gave up two right inside the blue paint in the second period, and that's the difference in the hockey game in a lot of respects," Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said. "There are two things that stand out: too many rush opportunities that came off our play, especially our play on the wall in the second period, and the two from the blue paint. In games like this, you have to have everybody going, and we had several guys below the bar tonight."

Dunn scored 22 seconds into the third period with a wrist shot that went in off the glove of Campbell to cut it to 3-2.
Hyman was then credited with the goal that made it 4-2 at 1:23. He was trying to corral a loose puck in the slot when Kraken forward Eeli Tolvanen poked it into his own net.
"When you score goals, you know you're going to get a push from the other team, so you need to be prepared for that," Dunn said. "We need to execute, we need to be disciplined in our structure, and we need to make those plays. It's a big couple of shifts after you score, and those need to be better."
Ryan McLeod tucked in a rebound at the right post at 9:18 for the 5-2 final.
"We haven't lost when we've scored five or more goals (15-0-0)," Edmonton coach Jay Woodcroft said. "To do that at even strength, I think that's a positive. We're putting a lot of emphasis on defending the right way, and I think we did a lot of good things towards that direction tonight, and we were able to take two points off a divisional opponent that is front of us right now."
NOTES: Forward Evander Kane led the Oilers with seven shots on goal and five hits in 17:09 of ice time in his return after missing 31 games because of a wrist laceration. … Holloway's multipoint game was his first in the NHL.