Pavel Mintyukov and Beckett Sennecke each scored two goals and added an assist for the visiting Anaheim Ducks in a 5-4 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.
Cutter Gauthier scored his ninth goal in the past four games, including his seventh on the power play, and also contributed an assist for Anaheim, which has won three straight for the first time this season.
Leo Carlsson added two assists and Laurent Brossoit made 23 saves in his third straight start for the Ducks since taking over the No. 1 duties.
Connor McDavid had a short-handed goal and three assists to extend his season-opening point streak to 17 games (10 goals, 34 assists), Evan Bouchard and Leon Draisaitl each had a goal and an assist, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had two assists, and Matt Tomkins made 16 saves for the Oilers, who came in on a five-game point streak (3-0-2).
Gauthier opened the scoring on the power play at 9:26 of the first period, taking a pass in the left circle, moving toward the net and sliding a shot between Tomkins’ pads.
Gauthier is the first player in Ducks history to score nine goals in a four-game span.
The Oilers went on their third power play of the first period and Bouchard scored eight seconds into the man-advantage with a wrist shot from the inside edge of the right circle to tie it 1-1 with 19 seconds left.
McDavid was credited with a short-handed goal when his rebound went off Anaheim defenseman Tristan Luneau’s stick and into his own net, giving the Oilers a 2-1 lead at 2:34 of the second.
Mintyukov tied it 2-2 at 3:37 of the second period when his shot from the left circle deflected off an Edmonton defender and into the net. He then followed a loose puck to the crease and scored again at 6:15 to move Anaheim ahead 3-2.
Sennecke scored off a backhand feed from Luneau to stretch the lead to 4-2 with 38 seconds left in the second period.
Sennecke scored again on a power play to make it 5-2 at 1:42 of the third.
The Ducks are 12-for-19 on the man advantage in the past four games.
Kasperi Kapanen scored a rebound on a power-play to cut it to 5-3 at 16:24, and Draisaitl scored with Tomkins pulled for the extra skater to make it 5-4 with 45 seconds left.
