McDavid, Oilers get past Maple Leafs in OT

EDMONTON -- Connor McDavid scored his second goal of the game 42 seconds into overtime, giving the Edmonton Oilers a 4-3 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rogers Place on Saturday.

McDavid tipped in a pass from Leon Draisaitl.
Dominik Kahun and Josh Archibald scored, and Mikko Koskinen made 26 saves for Edmonton (4-6-0). Draisaitl had two assists.
"I thought it was a good hockey game," Oilers coach Dave Tippett said. "The only thing that game was missing was fans, that would have made it a great game. The star players were in full force and I thought both teams competed hard, and we got a couple of good saves from [Koskinen] and we were able to capitalize in overtime."

John Tavares had two assists, and William Nylander, Auston Matthews and Zach Hyman scored for Toronto (7-2-1), which had won four in a row and finished a four-game road trip that included a 4-3 win here Thursday. Frederik Andersen made 27 saves.
"I think it's pretty positive 10 games in, sitting where we're at," said Matthews, who scored for a fifth straight game. "There is a lot of things that we can do better. I don't think we've scratched the surface of the best hockey that we can play collectively as a team. I think's always encouraging as we move on during the season that we can play better, but that we're still getting points and still winning."
Edmonton was awarded a penalty shot at 3:38 of the first period after Toronto defenseman Mikko Lehtonen covered the puck in the crease, but Tyler Ennis shot wide.
Kahun scored his first goal with the Oilers at 11:28 of the first period to give Edmonton a 1-0 lead when he lifted the puck over Andersen from below the right face-off circle.
"It's a relief a little bit, because we've been playing really good in the [offensive] zone, we had so many chances," Kahun said. "I finally got rewarded for that and I'm very happy."
Nylander tied it 1-1 at 17:46 from the slot. Archibald gave the Oilers a 2-1 lead with 14 seconds left in the period off McDavid's pass from behind the net.
McDavid scored on the power play to make it 3-1 at 6:13 of the second period after skating end to end through the Toronto defense.
"I think there's different things that we could have done differently for sure," Maple Leafs defenseman Justin Holl said of the play. "A forward could wedge in the middle a little better, I think I could push him a certain direction better or maybe start skating forwards so at least I can try and chase him down. But that's a tall order on McDavid. He's a special player, and when he gets that time and space, he's very dangerous, and honestly that's one you shrug off and you say, 'He's a great player.'"

Matthews cut it to 3-2 at 8:08 on a give-and-go with Mitchell Marner. Hyman tied it 3-3 on the power play at 9:16.
"I thought our guys did a really good job, we haven't played from behind since the first game of the season," Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said. "… We've had the lead and then gave up the lead and then had to get it back again to get the wins. Today was a little bit different. We had to push back, and it's similar to what teams have done to us on this trip, we've had leads and they've come back and we've had to find a way to get a win. I was happy that our guys didn't get rattled."
With Toronto on the power play, Koskinen made a diving glove save on Marner at 9:10 of the third period to keep the game tied. Andersen stopped Archibald with nine seconds remaining in the third.
"We stuck with it, we got a big [penalty] kill in the third and then we get that extra point," Oilers defenseman Tyson Barrie said. "Hopefully this is a big turning point for us and we can go on a bit of tear here."
NOTES: Oilers defenseman Ethan Bear left the game in the third period with an undisclosed injury. … Draisaitl had a five-game goal streak end. ... Lehtonen got his first NHL point with an assist on Hyman's goal.