Connor McDavid scored the game winner in the third as the Edmonton Oilers downed the Calgary Flames 3-2 Friday night at Rogers Place.
The Oilers are 5-2 against the Flames this season.
Michael Stone fired a point shot past a screened Mike Smith for his first of the season with 7:37 to go in the first. The Oilers had 14 shots in the first after having only 16 the entire game Tuesday in Montreal.
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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins flipped in a backhand on the power play early in the second.
Four minutes later, right after another Oilers man advantage expired, Matthew Tkachuk jumped out of the box, took a breakaway pass and beat Smith for his 10th of the season.
The Oilers replied with a sharp four-way passing play, Leon Draisaitl to Ethan Bear to Kailer Yamamoto to Dominik Kahun, who tapped in his sixth.
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In the third, Kailer Yamamoto drove to the net and drew an interference penalty on Noah Hanifin.
Right off the face-off on the ensuing power play, McDavid snapped a shot that went through Jacob Markstrom and dribbled over the goal line.
Smith made 24 saves to improve to 13-3-1. The Oilers were 2/5 on the power play.
The Oilers, 23-14-1, will start a three-game road trip in Montreal on Monday.
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