QUICK RECAP: Oilers 3, Kraken 1

EDMONTON, AB – You have to be good to get lucky.

Leon Draisaitl scored off a fortunate bounce with 2:27 left in regulation, while goalie Devon Levi was terrific after making 19 saves in his home debut for the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place on Saturday in a 3-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken.

Owen Michaels scored his second-career goal in as many games, while Connor McDavid contributed a goal & an assist, including the empty-netter to seal the victory.

McDavid recorded the primary helper on Draisaitl's decisive tally when a rimmed puck from Ryan Shea struck his leg along the boards, redirecting it to the German in front of goal to put the game-winner under the right arm of Philipp Grubauer in the final three minutes.

"I think we had some looks early on," Draisaitl said. "They defended well for the most part, and those are games where you just kind of have to stick with it and eventually, you'll find a look at some point. Obviously, it worked out."

Levi was terrific in his home debut, stopping 19 of 20 shots for the win, including a game-defining glove save on Jordan Eberle in the third period that nearly counted after officials needed a review to confirm whether the puck crossed the goal line.

"After some of the bounces last game, I was hoping we'd get one, and it happened to not go in," Levi said. "I can't tell you how I did it. It was kind of instinctive."

The Oilers now hit the road for three games for their first extended road trip of the season, which begins on Wednesday night against the Anaheim Ducks.

FIRST PERIOD

17:09: EDM GOAL | MICHAELS IS THE NAME! Fresh off scoring his first NHL goal in Thursday's high-scoring win over the Canucks, the rookie wastes no time getting on the board with his first goal on home ice off a wicked release over the shoulder of Philipp Grubauer to the short side down low in the left circle. EDM 1, SEA 0

Alex Formenton picks up his second assist in an Oilers uniform.

0.0: END OF 1 | EDM 1, SEA 0.

EDM PP: 0-for-3

SEA PP: None

Shots: 10-5 EDM

SECOND PERIOD

10:54: SEA GOAL | Bobby McMann goes top shelf on the power play over the shoulder of Devon Levi from the slot after Chandler Stephenson pokes the puck past Ryan Shea along the boards to Jordan Eberle, who found him out front. EDM 1, SEA 1

0.0: END OF 2 | EDM 1, SEA 1. The Kraken were the more impressive team that period after tying the game through Bobby McMann before being thwarted three times in terrific fashion by Devon Levi, who's been critical to this game being tied after 40 minutes.

EDM PP: None

SEA PP: 0-for-1

Shots: 10-4 SEA

THIRD PERIOD

12:22: LEVI HEROICS!!! He's been exceptional these last two periods, and he makes his biggest save yet as an Oiler, using his athleticism to lash across and deny a back-door pass to Eberle after the puck was turned over below the goal line.

Chants of "Levi! Levi! Levi!" rain down as the officials take a closer look to see if it crossed the goal line, but the call stands, upholding his ridiculous save to keep us level.

6:31: Mathieu Joseph strips the puck for a breakaway, but can't beat Grubauer five-hole!

2:27: EDM GOAL | LEON LIFTS US INTO THE LEAD! The puck takes a crazy hop off the leg of Connor McDavid as Ryan Shea tries to throw it down the boards deeper into the Seattle zone, but it redirects through the middle and onto a platter for Draisaitl to beat his German counterpart on a very unlucky break for the Kraken.

But the Oilers aren't going to complain, leading late in this one. EDM 2, SEA 1

1:05: EDM GOAL | McDAVID EMPTY-NETTER SEALS IT! EDM 3, SEA 1

POST-GAME INTERVIEWS

Michaels on scoring in back-to-back games & how he's feeling three games into his NHL career:

"Yeah, feeling good. I was playing with some great linemates, and all the guys have been great to me and helped me out. It's been a lot of fun just taking it one day at a time and being where my feet are."

Michaels on earning praise from his teammates for playing a 200-foot game:

"Yeah, I think it's just something I've always taken a lot of pride in, trying to play the game the right way, play a hard 200-foot game and try to be consistent in that regard. I feel like I've done a pretty solid job of that up to this point, but every day is a new challenge."

Levi on bouncing back from Thursday's win vs. the Canucks after allowing seven goals:

"It's not easy, but I've definitely been through harder in the past few years. There's definitely been some adversity that's really taught me.  It's one day, it's one game. The ups and the downs, they come and they go. Being able to stay in the middle of them is huge. I think it paid dividends coming into today, and it helps when you've got a hell of a team that played a great game."

Draisaitl on having a more controlled defensive game after allowing a combined 13 goals over the first two games:

"Compared to what we've seen so far, yeah it was bound to happen where we'd string one together and have a quite low event. I thought it was good game for us.  I thought we played heavy for the most part, played structurally well, and defended well."

Babcock on his team's effort & working to improve their second periods:

"I don't know what's going on in the second. We got a little roadblock with the second here. We can turn the puck over like I've never seen before, so we got to fix the second.  But I actually liked our third.  I liked our first, but with the second, we're getting in our own way, so we've got to figure that out."

LINEUPS

Oilers

Podkolzin - McDavid - Draisaitl
Jones - Dach - Kapanen
Formenton - Michaels - Joseph
Howard - Samanski - Frederic

Ekholm - Bouchard
Walman - Murphy
Shea - Emberson

Levi
Jarry

Kraken

McCann - beniers - Kakko
McMann - Stephenson - Eberle
Winterton - Catton - Wright
Meyers - Gaudreau - Samoskevich

Dunn - Larsson
Evans - Montour
Lindgren - Fleury

Grubauer
Daccord