Tyler Toffoli scores twice, leads Flames to win over Oilers

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Tyler Toffoli had two goals to lead the Calgary Flames to a 3-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night.

Johnny Gaudreau added a goal and an assist for the Flames (34-14-7), who remained atop the Pacific Division with their 14th win in 16 games. Jacob Markstrom stopped 27 of 28 shots in front of a season-high 17,246 at the Saddledome.

The NHL’s co-leaders in points — Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid — were held scoreless.

"You can’t expect Brad Malone to come in here and score three goals tonight, right?" Draisaitl said. "That’s our job. That’s on Connor, that’s on me, that’s on the top guys that are getting paid to create. Probably didn’t do enough of that tonight."

Devin Shore scored for Edmonton, and Mikko Koskinen had 26 saves in the first instalment of the Battle of Alberta. The Oilers beat the visiting Flames 5-2 on Oct. 16 and 5-2 on Jan. 22. The regular-season series concludes March 26 in Calgary.

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Calgary Flames' Tyler Toffoli and fans celebrate one of his two second-period goals against the Edmonton Oilers during NHL hockey game action in Calgary, Alberta, Monday, March 7, 2022. (Larry MacDougal/The Canadian Press via AP)

Edmonton (30-23-4) remained two points out of a wild-card spot in the Western Conference. The Oilers dropped to 7-5-1 since Jay Woodcroft took over as head coach for the fired Dave Tippett on Feb. 10.

After a scoreless first period, Calgary took a 2-0 lead on two goals by Toffoli in the second period.

Toffoli scored his sixth and seventh goals for Calgary since becoming a member of the Flames.

"I was definitely excited, not only because of that,