Foegele scores pair as Oilers beat Kraken for 2nd straight win after 6-game losing streak
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Warren Foegele scored twice, including the go-ahead goal in the third period, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Seattle Kraken 5-3 on Saturday night.
Evan Bouchard and Connor McDavid each had a goal and an assist, and Colton Sceviour also scored for the Oilers, who have won two straight after a six-game losing streak. Leon Draisaitl had three assists and Stuart Skinner had 14 saves.
Ryan Donato, Jared McCann and Carson Soucy scored for Seattle, and Jordan Eberle had two assists. Chris Dreidger had a season-high 36 saves as the Kraken fell to 1-4-1 in their last six games.
The Kraken opened a 2-0 lead early in the game. Donato opened the scoring about four minutes in, giving him a goal in histhird straight game — matching his career high.
McCann had the second goal about five minutes later, when Eberle's pass from behind the net found him right in front. It was McCann's 12th goal, tying him with Eberle for the team lead.
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The Oilers tied it late in the first period. Evan Bouchard got the first with about seven minutes to go on a shot from the point that bounced off the glove of Driedger before finding the net.
Edmonton's league- best power play tied it with three minutes left in the first, as Foegele hammered in a loose rebound to make it 2-2.
The teams traded goals in the second period. Sceviour scored with seven minutes to go, and Soucy it again with 3 1/2 minutes left in the second.
McDavid had an empty-net goal in the final minute.
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