Oilers beat Wild 7-1 | CTV News [Video]

ST. PAUL, MINN. –

The Edmonton Oilers needed just five seconds on their first power play of the game to take an early first-period lead in Minnesota, when Connor McDavid sent a slick cross-slot pass to co-star Leon Draisaitl for a textbook one-timer past Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson.

The goal was eventually awarded to Zach Hyman, who’d pressed his back against the post to give Draisaitl space and wound up deflecting the puck into the net.

“I turn and he shoots it and you feel it, but you’re kind of like, ‘Ehhh,’” Hyman said. “But Leon was the first to say, ‘It was yours.’ It didn’t matter.”

Draisaitl got a goal for himself in the second period. The NHL leader could spare one for a teammate on a night when the Oilers broke loose for a season high-tying seven goals in their fourth straight victory on Thursday, fueled by three assists from the 11th-year …