The 35-year-old defenseman, who was playing in his 938th career game, entered the night with three goals in 53 games this season.<\/p>\n
The Oilers are the first team in NHL history to have a defenseman score a hat trick in consecutive games, with Evan Bouchard<\/a> doing so in a 6-5 overtime win against the Washington Capitals on Saturday.<\/p>\n Connor McDavid<\/a> and Zach Hyman<\/a> each had a goal and an assist, and Leon Draisaitl<\/a> had four assists for the Oilers (27-19-8), who had lost two of three. Tristan Jarry<\/a> made 36 saves.<\/p>\n Mikael Granlund<\/a> scored three power-play goals, and Beckett Sennecke<\/a> had two assists for the Ducks (28-22-3), who were coming off a 4-3 overtime win at the Calgary Flames on Sunday. Ville Husso<\/a> made 25 saves.<\/p>\n Granlund put the Ducks ahead 1-0 with his first power-play goal at 3:24 of the first period. He took a pass from Chris Kreider<\/a> in the left circle and roofed a shot over Jarry\u2019s right shoulder.<\/p>\n Hyman tied it 1-1 with his own power-play goal at 17:14, tapping in a cross-crease pass from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins<\/a> at the left post.<\/p>\n Alex Killorn<\/a> scored 55 seconds into the second period to put the Ducks back in front 2-1. Ryan Poehling<\/a> won a battle with Ekholm and Vasily Podkolzin<\/a> for Killorn’s dump-in behind the net before passing out front to the forward, who beat Jarry’s blocker from the edge of the crease.<\/p>\n Husso would preserve the one-goal lead by denying McDavid on a penalty shot at 3:18, but the Oilers would pull away by getting four goals from their defensemen in a 3:49 span.<\/p>\n Spencer Stastney<\/a> tied it 2-2 at 4:36 when his centering pass for Kasperi Kapanen<\/a> deflected in off of the right skate of Ducks defenseman Olen Zellweger<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ekholm gave Edmonton a 3-2 lead at 6:28. Skating in on a rush, Ekholm swept a pass from McDavid back to Hyman before continuing to the net for a give-and-go that he put through Husso\u2019s five-hole.<\/p>\n