Oilers vs. Ducks Recap: Five Straight in the 2nd Cashes the Over

The Edmonton Oilers beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Wednesday night after falling behind 2-0 in the 1st period. Beckett Sennecke scored twice on the power play for Anaheim in the 1st, then Edmonton scored five straight goals in the 2nd. Evan Bouchard had 2 of them, Connor McDavid had a goal and 2 assists, and Leon Draisaitl assisted on four. Lukas Dostal allowed 5 goals on 17 shots, and Ville Husso took over in the 3rd period and stopped both shots he faced. Nobody scored in the 3rd. Two DARIMARKET plays cashed on this game.

What cashed

ALT: Over 5.5 total goals (alt): CASHED - Our read: DraftKings leaned over the main total of 6.5 at -130. Devon Levi came in with an .810 save percentage through 2 starts, and Lukas Dostal finished last season at .888. - What happened: 7 goals, 1.5 over the line. All 7 came in the first 40 minutes: 2 in the 1st and 5 in the 2nd. Vasily Podkolzin's snap shot at 16:49 of the 2nd was the sixth goal and put it over, and McDavid added the seventh at 19:08. - Worth watching: The goaltending read only held on one side, since Dostal gave up 5 on 17 shots. A market leaning over its main number plus shaky early-season goaltending is an angle we would look at again, with -175 as the most we would pay for this alt.

Alex Killorn under 0.5 points (-170 at DraftKings): CASHED - Our read: Killorn went without a point in 68% of his 82 games last season and plays on the second power-play unit. - What happened: Killorn finished with 0 goals, 0 assists and 2 shots on goal in 9:30 of ice time, with just 0:03 on the power play. Both Anaheim goals came from Sennecke on the power play, set up by Mikael Granlund, Leo Carlsson (twice) and Jackson LaCombe. - Worth watching: Under 10 minutes of ice time and almost no power-play time leave very little room for a point. If that usage holds, points unders on Killorn stay worth a look, though -170 was right at our pass price.

How the game played out

Anaheim had 7 power-play chances to Edmonton's 4 and outshot the Oilers 31-19, but the 2nd period flipped the game. Bouchard scored with a slap shot 11 seconds into the period, Edmonton tied it on the power play at 6:30, and Bouchard's second slap shot at 14:12 gave the Oilers the lead for good.

Trends to watch

• Edmonton's top players drove the comeback: Draisaitl had 4 assists, McDavid had 3 points and Bouchard scored twice on slap shots.
• Anaheim's power play went 2-for-7 and Edmonton's went 1-for-4. The Oilers took 16 penalty minutes, so discipline is worth tracking in their games.
• Edmonton won 58.5% of faceoffs and won the game on just 19 shots on goal.

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