Klim Kostin had a goal and an assist and Jack Campbell made 27 saves as the visiting Edmonton Oilers earned their sixth straight win, beating the Anaheim Ducks 3–1 on Wednesday night.
Nick Bjugstad and Zach Hyman also scored for Edmonton (47–23–9, 103 points), which closed to within one-point of Pacific Division-leading Vegas (48–22–8, 104 points). The Golden Knights have four games remaining compared to three for the Oilers.
It was the sixth multi-point game of the season for Kostin as Edmonton extended its point streak to 12 games (11–0–1).
Troy Terry scored a goal and Lukas Dostal stopped 30 of 32 shots for Anaheim (23–45–10, 56 points), which took a franchise-record ninth straight regulation loss. The Ducks last won a game on March 17, when they beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7–4.
Edmonton, playing the second half of a back-to-back that began with a 3–1 victory at the third-place Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday, had the best scoring chance in a scoreless opening period. Defenseman Darnell Nurse came in on a two-on-one break, but Dostal made a pad save on his backhand try just before the buzzer sounded ending the period.
The Oilers then scored twice in the span of 3:10 midway through the second period to take a 2–0 lead.
Kostin got the first goal when he slammed a Mattias Janmark pass into the low slot past Dostal’s glove side for his 11th goal of the season at 9:36. Kostin snapped a personal 13-game goal drought and a 10-game point drought.
Bjugstad followed with his 17th goal at 12:46. Kostin centered the puck from behind the net into the low slot, where Bjugstad shoveled a shot into the right side of the net.
Anaheim cut it to 2–1 at the 4:56 mark of the third period. Simon Benoit kicked the puck over to Terry in the left circle, and Terry snapped a wrist shot through traffic into the top far corner of the net for his 22nd goal of the season.
The Ducks pulled Dostal for an extra-attacker with 1:54 remaining, and Hyman, off a pass from Connor McDavid, sealed it with an empty-netter, his 35th goal.
McDavid extended his point streak to 13 games with an assist. He has nine goals and 16 assists in that span.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also garnered an assist on the empty-net score to become the third Edmonton player to hit the 100-point mark for the season.
Edmonton forward Leon Draisaitl had a 13-game point streak snapped.
