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Feb 26, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Edmonton Oilers center Matt Savoie (22) advances the puck down ice against the Los Angeles Kings during the first period at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Griffin Hooper-Imagn Images <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\nConnor McDavid had a goal and an assist for his sixth straight 100-point season and Leon Draisaitl notched his eighth straight 30-goal campaign, and the Edmonton Oilers ended a season-high four-game skid with an 8-1 romp of the host Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n McDavid has reached triple digits nine times overall in his career, third most in NHL history behind Wayne Gretzky (15) and Mario Lemieux (10).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Draisaitl had a goal and three assists, Zach Hyman a goal and two assists, Jake Walman scored twice, Andrew Mangiapane produced a goal and an assist and Connor Ingram made 21 saves for the Oilers, who were coming off a 6-5 loss at the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday in the opener of the three-game California trip.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Warren Foegele scored for the Kings, who have dropped five in a row (0-4-1) to remain three points out of a playoff spot.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Darcy Kuemper stopped 11 of 15 shots before he was replaced by Anton Forsberg, who finished with 18 saves for Los Angeles, which lost 6-4 to the short-handed Vegas Golden Knights at home on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n .<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The Oilers took a 2-0 lead in the first period for the second consecutive night, but this time they didn’t squander the two-goal advantage.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Matt Savoie, who had a goal and two assists against the Ducks and two assists against the Kings, led a 3-on-2 rush through the neutral zone before passing to Jack Roslovic on his left. He pulled up and made a cross-ice pass to Ty Emberson entering the right circle and he scored with a snap shot for a 1-0 lead at 7:25.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Vasily Podkolzin then scored from the left circle when his shot off the rush went under the left armpit of Kuemper and bounced across the goal line for a 2-0 lead at 8:19.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Foegele cut it to 2-1 at 12:15 of the first period when he deflected a point shot from Joel Edmundson into the net.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Los Angeles failed to capitalize on a four-minute high-sticking penalty on Darnell Nurse with 4:32 left in the first period and Edmonton continued to add to its lead.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Mangiapane kept the puck on a 2-on-1 rush and scored from the inside edge of the left circle to make it 3-1 at 2:59 of the second.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n McDavid coerced Kuemper well out of his crease before taking the puck behind the net and scoring from the other side for a 4-1 lead at 4:58, ending Kuemper’s night.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Hyman scored for the second straight night, sweeping in the puck after a shot by Draisaitl had gone off the end boards while on a power play to stretch the lead to 5-1 at 8:44.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Draisaitl scored another power-play goal 31 seconds into the third for a 6-1 lead, and Walman made it 7-1 at 5:24.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Walman scored again from close to expand the lead to 8-1 at 7:36.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Kings defenseman Drew Doughty (lower body) and forward Joel Armia (upper body) were injured during the game and did not return.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n