McDavid reaches 100 points as Oilers beat Canucks
EDMONTON, Alberta -- The Edmonton Oilers didn't get first spot in the Pacific Division, but their final regular season game of the season still felt like a party.
Connor McDavid hit the 100-point mark, and Jordan Eberle got a hat trick as the Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 Sunday.
Laurent Brossoit got his fourth career win, stopping 15 shots. At the other end, the Oilers fired 44 shots on goal.
As the Oilers were winning in Edmonton, the Anaheim Ducks (46-23-13) beat the Los Angeles Kings in overtime to clinch first place in the division. The Oilers (47-26-9) finished with 103 points and will play the San Jose Sharks (46-29-7) in the first round of the playoffs, with Edmonton enjoying home-ice advantage.
Eberle got his hat trick just 31 seconds into the third, banging home a pass from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins to make it 4-1.
Then, McDavid took care of business, becoming the first Oilers player since Doug Weight in 1995-96 to hit the 100-point mark. The crowd roared with chants of "MVP! MVP!" as Leon Draisaitl was set up by McDavid at 1:50, making it 5-1.
On their 14th shot of the opening period, the Oilers broke through at 18:46. With Edmonton enjoying a two-man advantage, Eberle tried to pass the puck across the ice, but it deflected off Canucks defenseman Luca Sbisa and beat Richard Bachman.
Vancouver (30-43-9) tied the game at the two-minute mark of the second period, with Nikolay Goldobin converting a nice cross-ice pass from Daniel Sedin. Henrik Sedin also got an assist, marking the 708th time the Swedish twins have both figured on the same goal.
The Oilers regained the lead at 4:10 with Eberle snapping a shot over Bachman's shoulder.
The Oilers got the 3-1 lead at 14:46, with McDavid setting up Drake Caggiula with a deft backhand pass.
With the game decided, Canucks forward Nikita Tryamkin got a consolation goal at 2:55 of the third to close out the scoring.
NOTES: Canucks LW Sven Baertschi missed the final weekend of the season with a neck injury. ... Oilers G Cam Talbot finished the season with 42 wins, a franchise high. ... Oilers C Connor McDavid won the scoring title, while RW Leon Draisaitl finished seventh. The last time Oilers had two players in top 10 was 1988-89. ... With an eye to the playoffs, the Oilers rested C Mark Letestu, D Darnell Nurse and LW Patrick Maroon. ... The Canucks scratched RW Jack Skille, C Griffen Molino, LW Loui Eriksson, C Joseph Cramarossa, C Brendan Gaunce and LW Yan Pavel Laplante.