McLeod's 3-point night leads Oilers to blowout victory over lowly Coyotes

Going back to the drawing board produced a much more positive picture for Ryan McLeod and the Edmonton Oilers.

McLeod had two goals and an assist to lead Edmonton to a 6-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Monday night in Edmonton. Two nights earlier, the Oilers lost a 9-5 decision to the rival Calgary Flames.

"As a group, we were pretty motivated after that last game," McLeod said. "Everyone was pretty frustrated and we came out pretty motivated.

Connor McDavid, Warren Foegele, Zach Hyman and Leon Draisaitl also scored for the Oilers (37-25-5) who've won seven straight on home ice.

"It was really important that we learned a lesson from our last game," said Oilers goalie Mikko Koskinen, who made 31 saves. "We really wanted to bounce back.

"It was an embarrassing game Saturday and I think we got exactly the result that we needed. Not just the result, but the way we played. We didn't give any odd-man rushes. We played well. That was the most important thing, with the two points."

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Clayton Keller replied for the Coyotes (20-41-5), who've dropped six straight games and were officially eliminated from playoff contention.

"It's a tough schedule, we know that and we're pretty banged up right now," said Coyotes head coach Andre Tourigny. "Mentally we were a little bit tired and a little bit off.

"We had a number of turnovers tonight and our execution was not sharp and making plays was tough. We had a bad game."

Edmonton scored on its first shot of the game four minutes into the opening period. Jesse Puljujarvi found McDavid alone in front and he was able to wait for Coyotes goalie Karel Vejmelka to go down before lifting a backhand into the net for his 36th of the season.