Oilers erupt for five second-period goals to beat Utah Mammoth 6-3

EDMONTON, Oct. 28, 2025 — Connor McDavid scored twice and Evan Bouchard set up three goals as the Edmonton Oilers erupted for five second-period goals to beat the Utah Mammoth 6-3 Tuesday night at Rogers Place, snapping Utah's seven-game winning streak and ending Edmonton's two-game slide.

Trailing 2-0 after a first period marked by turnovers, the Oilers answered early in the middle frame and then produced a flurry that put the game out of reach. Mattias Ekholm, Leon Draisaitl, Isaac Howard and Ty Emberson also scored for Edmonton. Logan Cooley, J.J. Peterka and Barrett Hayton tallied for Utah. Stuart Skinner made 20 saves for the win; Karel Vejmelka stopped 21 shots for the Mammoth.

The game turned in the second period, when Edmonton converted several sequences into high-danger chances and goals. Ekholm opened the scoring for the Oilers 22 seconds into the period. Howard tied it a few minutes later, and Draisaitl’s goal midway through the frame completed Edmonton’s comeback and triggered the run of scoring. The Oilers’ fifth second-period goal came with 2:04 remaining when Ryan Nugent-Hopkins fed McDavid for what a team report described as a quick return pass through traffic.