Oilers crank up the offence, beat Canucks 5-1 to force Game 7

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EDMONTON — Evan Bouchard and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had a goal and two assists and Connor McDavid had three assists as the Edmonton Oilers staved off elimination with a dominant 5-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in Game 6 of their best-of-seve

n, second-round playoff series on Saturday.

Nils Hoglander replied for the Canucks who are attempting to make it back to the Western Conference final for the first time since 2011. Less than two minutes later the Canucks evened it up as Elias Pettersson sent a pass from behind the net out front to Hoglander, who snuck his first of the playoffs past Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner.

 

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