Hyman puts up 4 points to help Oilers add to Canucks' struggles, grab 6th straight win

Zach Hyman had a four-point night and set a new career-high in points Saturday as his surging Edmonton Oilers handed the beleaguered Vancouver Canucks a 4-2 home loss.

Hyman contributed a goal and three assists for the Oilers (27-18-3), while Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored and added two helpers, and Connor McDavid had one of each. Leon Draisaitl also scored his 28th of the season.

Andrei Kuzmenko and J.T. Miller replied for the Canucks (18-25-3), and Quinn Hughes registered two helpers.

The Canucks lost their third game in four nights and are 1-9-0 in their last 10 outings.

Chants of "Bruce, there it is!" to the tune of Tag Team's "Whoomp! (There it is)" echoed around Rogers Arena several times throughout the game in recognition of Canucks head coach Bruce Boudreau, who is expected to be fired in the coming days.

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With 69 seconds left on the clock, Boudreau pulled Martin in favour of an extra attacker but his team couldn't complete the third-period comeback.

Instead, Nugent-Hopkins put an easy shot into an empty net with 34.8 seconds to go.

Edmonton briefly appeared to go up 4-2 late third when Evan Bouchard's long bomb hit Hyman in the crease and bounced into the Vancouver net.

The Canucks challenged the play for goaltender interference, and after an extended video review, the goal was waved off.

Vancouver cut its deficit to a single goal early in the final frame.

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Stationed inside the blue line, Miller wound up and blasted a rocket through traffic and into the Edmonton net to make it 3-2 at the 3:26 mark.

Kuzmenko got the Canucks on the board 16:46 into the second.

Pettersson sent the Russian winger