Woodcroft tossed as Canucks hand slumping Oilers another loss

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Quinn Hughes, Pius Suter and Brock Boeser scored in a 3:22 span of the first period and the Vancouver Canucks beat the slumping Edmonton Oilers 2-2 on Monday night for their fourth straight victory.

Hughes also had three assists, Boeser scored twice, Nils Hoglander and J.T. Miller added goals and Thatcher Demko made 40 saves to help the Canucks improve to 9-2-1 overall and 5-0-1 at home.

Mattias Ekholm and Leon Draisaitl scored for Edmonton and Stuart Skinner stopped 29 shots. The Oilers have lost three straight to drop to 2-8-1.

Ekholm opened the scoring for Edmonton on a power play at 6:42 of the first. Hughes tied it with 8:30 left in the period, Suter struck with 6:38 to go and Boeser connected on a power play with 5:08 remaining.

Draisaitl cut it to 3-2 at 7:38 of the second, and Hoglander restored the two-goal advantage with 9:08 left in the period.

Miller scored on a power play at 7:51 of the third. Boeser added another power-play goal in the final minute.

Edmonton’s stars grew increasingly frustrated as the game wore on, with Connor McDavid cross-checking Miller before going to the penalty box minutes later for roughing. Draisaitl was handed a 10-minute misconduct during the sequence.

Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft was then given a two-minute bench minor and tossed from the game at with 6:47 left.

UP NEXT

Oilers: At San Jose on Thursday night.

Canucks: At Ottawa on Thursday night.

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