NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) 鈥 Leon Draisaitl had two power-play goals and two assists, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Nashville Predators 6-1 on Tuesday night for their first win of the NHL season.
Zach Hyman had a goal and three assists for Edmonton, which opened with two losses to Vancouver by a combined 12-4 score. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and two assists, and Jack Campbell made 41 saves.
鈥淲e got contributions from a lot of people, but certainly Jack鈥檚 contributions stood out above the rest,鈥 Edmonton coach Jay Woodcroft said.
The Oilers improved to 9-0-2 in their last 11 games against the Predators.
Tommy Novak scored a power-play goal in the second period for Nashville. The Predators dropped to 1-3 on the season.
鈥淚 really liked our will, our effort," Predators coach Andrew Brunette said. 鈥淚t just has to be a little bit smarter, a little bit of understanding where in parts of the game that you really have to make sure you take care of business in certain areas, and we didn鈥檛, and they made us pay.鈥
Draisaitl opened Edmonton鈥檚 four-goal first with his third of the season at 8:11. It was Draisaitl鈥檚 franchise-record 127th career power-play goal.
Draisaitl, who turns 28 on Oct. 27, made it 5-1 when he scored again 7:53 into the second. The high-scoring forward has 24 goals and 15 assists in 24 career games against the Predators.
鈥淪ometimes it works better against certain teams than other teams,鈥 Draisaitl said. 鈥淚鈥檓 sure there鈥檚 going to be a time where it comes to an end, too. Hopefully, I can drag it out a couple more games.鈥
Nashville starting goaltender Juuse Saros allowed four goals on 11 shots before he was relieved by Kevin Lankinen to start the second. Lankinen made 17 saves over the final 40 minutes.
Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins and Connor McDavid also scored in the first for Edmonton. McDavid and Warren Foegele each finished with a goal and an assist.
MAKING HISTORY
Draisaitl鈥檚 127th power-play goal moved him past Ryan Smyth and Glenn Anderson in the Oilers鈥 record book. Tuesday was Draisaitl鈥檚 641st career game. Smyth and Anderson set their marks in 971 and 845 games, respectively.
鈥淥bviously two incredible players that have done a lot for this organization,鈥 Draisaitl said. 鈥淭o be part of that list is pretty special. It鈥檚 obviously as much of a tribute to my teammates than it is to me.鈥
WELCOME BACK MATTIAS
At the game鈥檚 first media timeout, the Predators played a tribute video for Edmonton defenceman Mattias Ekholm. Nashville traded Ekholm to the Oilers before last season鈥檚 trade deadline. The Predators drafted Ekholm in the fourth round in 2009.
鈥淓very single guy in the room was playing hard for him tonight,鈥 Campbell said. 鈥淚鈥檓 glad we got him a W.鈥
Nashville defenceman Tyson Barrie, who was sent the other way in the deal, played his first game against his old team since the trade.
UP NEXT
Oilers: Visit Philadelphia on Thursday.
Predators: Visit New York Rangers on Thursday.
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