On Tuesday evening, the Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames were not in a festive mood on Festivus, as the Oilers beat their division rivals 5-1. Let’s take a look at what went on in this one!

Seven minutes into the first period, the Oilers opened the scoring. After sustained zone time, the puck found its way back to the point to Evan Bouchard. The right-shot defenceman slapped it on net, with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins picking up the rebound and firing it into the back of the net.

Dustin Wolf couldn’t handle a blast from Evan Bouchard, resulting in Nugent-Hopkins picking up the rebound and scoring.

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With four minutes left in the first period, the Flames got on the board. MacKenzie Weegar’s shot from the point took a deflection off Darnell Nurse and past Connor Ingram. That was basically it for the Flames, as Leon Draisaitl’s goalless drought came to an end, firing home a nice pass from Zach Hyman in his office into the gapping net.

DRAI-SPELL OVER

Leon Draisaitl with his first goal in nine games! Giving the Oilers a 2-1 lead.

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Early in the second, Draisaitl picked up his second of the game, also on the power play. He received a nice pass from Connor McDavid while cutting to the net, tapping it past Dustin Wolf to make it 3-1.

This is why you don’t forget about Drai.

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With eight minutes left in the second, the Oilers made it 4-1, as McDavid picked up his fourth assist of the game thanks to a simple pass on the two-on-one alongside Zach Hyman.

MCDAVID WITH HIS FOURTH ASSIST 🍎🍎🍎🍎

As he gives Zach Hyman his 10th of the season!

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Five minutes into the third period, the Oilers put the game away. McDavid burst into the Flames’ zone with speed on the power play. The puck took a deflection to the other side of the net, where Draisaitl was waiting to tap it in for the hat trick.

IT’S A HAT-TRICK FOR LEON DRAISAITL!

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Takeaways…

The Flames didn’t have a ton of scoring chances, but Connor Ingram had a good game when called upon, stopping 19 of 20 shots for a .950 save percentage. If he keeps playing like this, there’s a strong possibility that he’ll serve as the Oilers’ backup for the remainder of the season.

Connor McDavid extended his point streak, and did so in style as he picked up five assists. Since the Oilers fell 1-0 to the Minnesota Wild on Dec. 2, McDavid has played 11 games, scoring 12 goals and 31 points. Just incredible.The last time Leon Draisaitl went nine or more games without scoring a goal was all the way back in his sophomore season during the 2016-17 season. Thankfully, he got off the schneid and then some, scoring his 11th hat trick of his career (ninth in the regular season).

Zach Hyman quietly had a three point game, scoring a goal and picking up two assists. There’s been a lot made of the Oilers’ annual early season struggles, but a big part of that was because Hyman was missing. The same argument can be made for the Oilers’ 2025 Stanley Cup Finals loss.

Max Jones has played well since his recall. On the broadcast, the winger was compared to Kasperi Kapanen, and you can see it. He played with Trent Frederic and Mattias Janmark on the fourth line, and they looked solid. Wagon Line version two?

Hockey is great when the Battle of Alberta is hot. Down 3-1 in the first period, the Flames were trying to get something going when the two fourth lines were on the ice. Nothing happened on that shift, but once Kevin Bahl hit Hyman up high, you knew it was going to be a chippy game.

On that same shift, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins slashed the stick out of a Flames’ players hand, leading to a four-on-four. Eventually, that became a four-one-three as Flames’ defender MacKenzie Weegar did the same. However, he started banging the glass with his stick and eventually received a game-misconduct. Hilarious.

The Flames went down to four defencemen, as Bahl answered for his fight with a spirited fight with Trent Frederic, with the Oilers’ forward playing his first game of the season getting the better of the large defender.

After that, the game settled down… briefly. In the third period, Flames’ defender Rasmus Andersson stepped into the path of Hyman, tripping him with his knee and receiving a two-minute minor.

Darnell Nurse took exception to that and got a cross-checking minor. Nothing really came of that at the time, despite both Nurse and Flames’ Adam Klapka looking for a fight all night long. Finally, the two were on the ice in the final seconds of the game when all hell broke loose. A nice dog pile and 10 different 10-minute misconducts were handed out, including one to Matthew Savoie.

THE BATTLE OF ALBERTA ENDS IN CHAOS 😳

The two teams don’t have to stew on this game long, as they’re each other’s first opponent when the holiday break is over. It’s a home-and-home, as the Oilers head down Highway 2 to face the Flames on Saturday at 8:00 PM MT. Expect fireworks.

Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for Oilersnation, FlamesNation, and Blue Jays Nation. Follow her on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.

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