Oilers win fourth straight by dumping Kraken 5-2

Zach Hyman had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers won their fourth consecutive game with a 5-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday.

Zach Hyman had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers won their fourth consecutive game with a 5-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday.

Connor McDavid, Derek Ryan, Warren Foegele and Ryan McLeod also scored for the Oilers (25-18-3) who won for just the second time in their last eight home games.

Daniel Sprong and Vince Dunn responded for the Kraken (26-14-4) who have lost two in a row on the heels of an eight-game winning streak. The Kraken took a 1-0 lead 3:11 into the opening period on the power play as a Sprong shot hit a defender and deflected past Oilers goaltender Jack Campbell, who was making his fourth consecutive start. It was Sprong’s 15th of the season.

Edmonton knotted the game 1-1 with 5:52 to play in the first as McDavid went coast-to-coast, taking on four defenders and dancing past a couple of them before taking a shot from his off foot that picked the top corner past Seattle goalie Martin Jones for his league-leading 38th goal.

The Oilers moved in front 3:15 into the second period as a shot by 26-year-old rookie Vincent Desharnais snuck under Jones and was just sitting there before Ryan swooped in to guide in his sixth of the campaign.

Edmonton took a two-goal lead 12:30 into the middle frame during a mad scramble in front of the Kraken net as the puck came loose to Foegele who sent a backhand shot into the net despite the fact he was sitting down on the ice at the time.

There were a couple bizarre goals to start the third.