ANAHEIM, Calif. — If the Anaheim Ducks and Edmonton Oilers were looking to send a message to one another ahead of a possible matchup in the playoffs, it didn’t take. Rickard Rakell scored the go-ahead goal, Hampus Lindholm had a goal and two assists, and the Ducks defeated the Oilers 4-3 on Wednesday night. Edmonton succeeded early on in drawing Anaheim into a wide-open game, turning speed and skill into a 15-6 advantage in shots. Edmonton was to recover and break the other way where Leon Draisaitl buried his 25th goal 5:58 into the first. … Draisaitl had multiple points for the fifth straight game, notching two goals and nine assists in that span.

Source: National Post March 23, 2017 05:15 UTC