Connor McDavid leads Oilers past Jets for 5th straight win

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Connor McDavid scored a goal and added two assists to lead the Edmonton Oilers to their fifth straight victory under interim coach Jay Woodcroft, 4-2 over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday.

McDavid's three points give him 71 — 26 goals and 45 assists — for the season, two ahead of Oilers teammate Leon Draisaitl, who had an assist against the Jets, for the NHL lead.

"You have nights where you feel good, you have nights where you don’t feel so good," McDavid said. "Tonight I felt good and I thought our team played well."

Zach Hyman, Kailer Yamamoto and Darnell Nurse also had goals for Edmonton, and Tyson Barrie had two assists.

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Edmonton Oilers' Zach Hyman (18) celebrates his goal against the Winnipeg Jets with teammates Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (93), Leon Draisaitl (29), Tyson Barrie (22), and Connor McDavid (97)  during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022.  (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)

"(McDavid) had it going on tonight, and he has it going on most nights," Woodcroft said. "But in the end, it was a close game and some of the plays that our top players made were the difference in the game."

Mikko Koskinen stopped 22 shots for Edmonton in his first game since going into the COVID-19 protocol after the all-star break.

"What a performance he put in," Woodcroft said. "I thought he instilled a lot of confidence in our team."

Winnipeg scored a pair of third-period goals, with one coming short-handed from Adam Lowry and Kyle Connor adding another on a power play. Connor Hellebuyck made 36 saves for the Jets, who are 5-3-1 after a six-game winless