{"id":393759,"date":"2026-01-07T11:13:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/393759\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T11:13:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:13:04","slug":"connor-mcdavid-nets-hat-trick-as-oilers-drill-predators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/393759\/","title":{"rendered":"Connor McDavid nets hat trick as Oilers drill Predators"},"content":{"rendered":"

EDMONTON \u2014 Connor McDavid<\/a> scored three goals, including one on a penalty shot, and Leon Draisaitl<\/a> had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers<\/a> came away with a 6-2 victory over the Nashville Predators<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Kasperi Kapanen<\/a> had a goal and an assist and Curtis Lazar<\/a> also scored for the Oilers (21-16-6) who snapped a two-game losing skid.<\/p>\n

The team that has scored first has emerged victorious in the last 20 Oilers\u2019 games, with Edmonton now sporting an 18-1-3 record when getting the game\u2019s first goal.<\/p>\n

Ryan O\u2019Reilly and Nick Blankenburg<\/a> replied for the Predators (19-19-4) who have lost two of their last three.<\/p>\n

Connor Ingram<\/a> put together a 24-save performance to earn the win in net for Edmonton, while Juuse Saros<\/a> made 37 stops for Nashville.<\/p>\n

TAKEAWAYS<\/p>\n

Predators: Edmonton did a good job keeping Steven Stamkos<\/a> off the scoresheet. The veteran forward looked listless to start the season with just five points in his first 22 games. However, he has bounced back in a big way, coming into the contest with 14 goals and 23 points in his previous 19 games, including six goals in his last eight contests.<\/p>\n

Oilers: McDavid extended his points streak to 16 games during which he has posted 39 points (17G, 22A). It is his fourth points streak of 16 games or more, tying Denis Savard<\/a> for the fourth most in NHL history behind Wayne Gretzky<\/a> (16 times), Mario Lemieux<\/a> (five) and Peter Stastny<\/a> (five).<\/p>\n

KEY MOMENT<\/p>\n

The Oilers went up by four goals with 1:08 to play in the middle frame as Kapanen returned to the lineup after missing the last 36 games with an injury and took a Draisaitl feed in front of the net and recorded his first goal of the season.<\/p>\n

KEY STATS<\/p>\n

Draisaitl has positively feasted on the Predators in recent years. With his goal and two assists on Tuesday, the German phenom has recorded 22 goals and 42 points in his last 16 games against Nashville dating back to the 2019-20 season. Edmonton has gone 14-1-1 in those games and have outscored the Predators 72 to 36. \u2026 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins<\/a> recorded his 500th career assist when he helped set up McDavid\u2019s third goal.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Predators: Host the New York Islanders<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Oilers: Visit the Winnipeg Jets<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 6, 2026.<\/p>\n

Shane Jones, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EDMONTON \u2014 Connor McDavid scored three goals, including one on a penalty shot, and Leon Draisaitl had a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-393759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}