{"id":151220,"date":"2026-01-27T07:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/151220\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T07:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:00:17","slug":"mattias-ekholm-scores-hat-trick-edmonton-oilers-hold-off-anaheim-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/151220\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattias Ekholm scores hat trick, Edmonton Oilers hold off Anaheim Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"

EDMONTON \u2014 Mattias Ekholm<\/a> scored a hat trick and the Edmonton Oilers<\/a> rode a dominant second period to a 7-4 victory over the visiting Anaheim Ducks<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n

Zach Hyman<\/a> and Connor McDavid<\/a> each added a goal and an assist for the Oilers (27-19-8), Spencer Stastney<\/a> scored his first in an Edmonton jersey and Darnell Nurse<\/a> rounded out the scoring. <\/p>\n

Leon Draisaitl<\/a> contributed four helpers and Tristan Jarry<\/a> stopped 36 of the 40 shots he faced.<\/p>\n

Three of Anaheim\u2019s four goals came from Mikael Granlund<\/a> on the power play, starting with his 10th tally of the season 3:23 into the game. <\/p>\n

His linemate Alex Killorn<\/a> added an even-strength tally 55 seconds into the middle frame, Beckett Sennecke<\/a> notched two assists, and Ville Husso<\/a> made 25 saves in the loss. <\/p>\n

The result snapped a seven-game win streak for the Ducks (28-22-3), who downed the Calgary Flames<\/a> 4-3 in overtime on Sunday. <\/p>\n

TAKEAWAYS<\/p>\n

Oilers: Leaned heavily on Jarry in the third period where they were outshot 16-5. \u2026 Gave up multiple power-play goals for the first time in 17 games. \u2026 Got some fresh faces into the lineup with winger Kasperi Kapanen<\/a> returning after missing three games with an injury and centre Josh Samanski<\/a> made his NHL debut. <\/p>\n

Ducks: Pulled Husso for the extra attacker with just over two minutes left on the game clock, but couldn\u2019t get a puck past Jarry for the equalizer. McDavid and Ekholm each scored on the empty net. \u2026 Came into each period strong, but faded as the game wore on. \u2026 Winger Cutter Gauthier<\/a> helped out on Granlund\u2019s first goal of the night and extended his point streak to five games with three goals and four assists across the stretch.<\/p>\n

KEY MOMENT<\/p>\n

Edmonton\u2019s offence exploded midway through the second with four goals over a span of three minutes and 39 seconds. Stastney sparked the onslaught 4:36 into the frame, launching a shot from inside the faceoff circle that hit the skate of Ducks defenceman Olen Zellweger<\/a> and pinged into the back of the Anaheim net. <\/p>\n

KEY STAT<\/p>\n

The Oilers got four straight goals from defencemen (Stastney, Ekholm and Nurse) for the third time in franchise history. The previous instances came on March 21, 2004 and March 31, 1985.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Ducks: Visit the Vancouver Canucks<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Oilers: Host the San Jose Sharks<\/a> on Thursday. <\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 26, 2026.<\/p>\n

Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EDMONTON \u2014 Mattias Ekholm scored a hat trick and the Edmonton Oilers rode a dominant second period to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,127],"class_list":{"0":"post-151220","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim","8":"tag-anaheim","9":"tag-anaheim-headlines","10":"tag-anaheim-news","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}