Utah Mammoth center Jack McBain (22) fights with Edmonton Oilers center Trent Frederic (10) during the first period of an NHL hockey game on Saturday.Melissa Majchrzak/The Associated Press
Connor McDavid had two goals and three assists and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Utah Mammoth 6-2 on Saturday night to split a home-and-home series.
Utah won 4-2 on Thursday in Edmonton.
Zach Hyman, Mathieu Joseph, Kasperi Kapanen and Leon Draisaitl also scored for the Oilers (6-1-1), who are 5 – 0 on the road this season. Vasily Podkolzin had two assists, and Tristan Jarry made 26 saves.
John Marino and Mikhail Sergachev scored for the Mammoth (6-3-0). Utah replaced goalkeeper Karel Vejmelka with Sebastian Cossa late in the second period. Vejmelka finished with 12 saves, while Cossa made three saves.
Edmonton scored there goals in the first period. McDavid opened the scoring 40 seconds into the game. Hyman scored on a power play with 6:39 remaining in the period, and Joseph followed on a breakaway 32 seconds later.
Kapanen extended Edmonton’s lead to 4-0 with 9:03 remaining in the second period. Draisaitl scored less than three minutes later for a 5-0 advantage.
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