Edmonton had a strong start from the get-go, with the Patrick Maroon-McDavid-Leon Draisaitl line buzzing early. Not only that, McDavid had been showing great speed all night, and that is one of the factors that truly helped the Oilers dominate.cored about 11 minutes into the first period on a nice rebound from Draisaitl to give the Oilers an early 1-0 lead.
The 20-year-old centre scored about 11 minutes into the first period on a nice rebound from Draisaitl to give the Oilers a 1-0 lead. The score would remain the same through two periods, and then in the second, McDavid’s surge continued.