Oilers tied for top spot in Pacific with home-and-home sweep of Avalanche
EDMONTON, Alberta - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Drake Caggiula each had a goal and an assist and the Edmonton Oilers moved into a three-way tie atop the Pacific Division with a 4-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night.
Benoit Pouliot and Leon Draisaitl also scored for the Oilers, who have won six of their last seven games and are now tied with San Jose and Anaheim at 91 points.
Sven Andrighetto scored for the Avalanche, who have dropped five games in a row.
Edmonton took a 1-0 lead on its first shot 1:54 into the opening period when Pouliot tipped Matt Benning's point shot past goalie Calvin Pickard.
Andrighetto scored 45 seconds later by fighting off Adam Larsson and tucked the puck past goalie Laurent Brossoit, who had 24 saves.
The Oilers retook the lead midway through the first on a goal from Draisaitl - his 27th goal and 70th point.
After a scoreless second period, the Oilers made it 3-1 with 11:14 remaining in the third when Caggiula redirected Nugent-Hopkins' pass past Pickard on the power play.
Nugent-Hopkins put the game away with another power-play goal with 4 1/2 minutes to play, his 16th of the season.