McDavid's OT goal pushes Oilers over Blues

EDMONTON — Connor McDavid scored his second goal of the game 1:11 into overtime as the Edmonton Oilers won their third straight with a 6-5 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Friday.

Leon Draisaitl made a perfect saucer pass to spring McDavid on a partial breakaway in the extra session to salvage the win for Edmonton, which led 4-1 after the first period.

Zach Hyman had two goals, Evander Kane had a goal and two assists and Darnell Nurse also scored for the Oilers (39-25-5) who tied a franchise record for most consecutive home wins with nine, outscoring opponents 47-24 during that stretch.

Pavel Buchnevich, with two, Robert Thomas, Brayden Schenn and Ivan Barbashev had the goals for the Blues (37-20-10) who had a two-game winning streak halted.

Edmonton got on the board less than two minutes into a frantic start to the game after the Blues coughed up the puck and goalie Jordan Binnington overcommitted on Oilers forward Kailer Yamamoto. That allowed him to send the puck over to Hyman, who had a wide-open net.

Two-and-a-half minutes later, the Blues tied it up as Edmonton goalie Mike Smith got hung up at the side of the net and Buchnevich was touched as he swung behind the net before putting a wraparound into a wide-open net of his own.

Just 30 seconds after that, the Oilers responded as Hyman came out from behind the net, spun and shot home his second of the game and career-high 24th of the season.

Edmonton got a short-handed goal midway through the opening frame as Barbashev fanned on a puck in his own zone. Kane picked it up and scored his 16th goal in his 30th game as an Oiler.

The Oilers barrage continued a few minutes later as McDavid punched in his 38th from the blue paint, chasing Binnington - who allowed four