Ducks vs.Oilers

Game Summary

On October 7, 2026, the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 at Honda Center. Beckett Sennecke scored twice on the power play in the first period to give Anaheim a 2-0 lead. Evan Bouchard answered 11 seconds into the second with a slap shot from the right point, and the Oilers poured in four more goals before intermission. Kasperi Kapanen tied it on the power play at 6:30 of the second for his 100th NHL goal. Bouchard scored again at 14:12 to give Edmonton the lead, his NHL-leading sixth goal of the season.

Leon Draisaitl set up Vasily Podkolzin on a breakaway at 16:49, and Connor McDavid beat Lukas Dostal during 4-on-4 play with 52 seconds left in the period to make it 5-2. Bouchard finished with two goals and an assist, McDavid had a goal and two assists, and Draisaitl had four assists. Devon Levi made 29 saves for the Oilers, who won their third straight game on the opening leg of a three-game California trip. Sennecke had both Anaheim goals, and Leo Carlsson added two assists. The Ducks could not convert on a late 6-on-3 after Edmonton took two penalties in the closing minutes.