EDMONTON — Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist to extend his point streak to eight games, and the Edmonton Oilers won 4-1 against the Philadelphia Flyers at Rogers Place on Friday.
Alex Chiasson and Adam Larsson scored for Edmonton (18-12-3) which has won six straight at home and is 9-2-2 under coach Ken Hitchcock. Leon Draisaitl had three assists and Darnell Nurse had two assists.
Oilers goalie Mikko Koskinen made 31 saves to improve to 11-3-1 and 7-0-0 at Rogers Place.
Jakub Voracek scored, and Anthony Stolarz made 18 saves for Philadelphia (12-14-4), which has lost three straight (0-2-1).
Chiasson scored at 12:37 of the first period to give Edmonton a 1-0 lead, converting from the slot on a pass from Draisaitl. It was his NHL career-high 14th goal this season.
McDavid made it 2-0 at 12:37 of the second period. He collected a rebound behind the goal line to the left of the net and banked a shot off Stolarz. McDavid has 14 points (five goals, nine assists) in his past eight games.
Larsson scored at 14:08 to make 3-0 with his first goal of the season. He took a pass from Ryan Spooner at the right face-off circle and shot the puck in through traffic. It ended a 43-game goalless drought dating to March 17.
Voracek cut it to 3-1 at 10:03 of the third period, redirecting a shot from Claude Giroux.
McDavid scored into an empty net at 19:24 for the 4-1 final.
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