Pavel Mintyukov came to Edmonton on Thursday night without a goal this season. Early in the second period, with Anaheim down 2-1, the defenseman scored at 3:37, then again at 6:15, and the Ducks never trailed again.

The Anaheim Ducks beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 at Rogers Place in front of 16,587, per the ESPN box score. Anaheim is 8-7-1. Edmonton is 11-3-3.

Pavel Mintyukov's Line: Two Goals, an Assist, Plus-2

Mintyukov finished with two goals and an assist on four shots in 16:01 of ice time and was a plus-2. His assist came on Beckett Sennecke's goal with 38 seconds left in the second, which made it 4-2. Sennecke scored again 1:42 into the third, his 10th goal of the season, and that 5-2 lead held up.

Anaheim did it on 21 shots. Edmonton goalie Matt Tomkins stopped 16 of them, a .762 save percentage. The Oilers outshot the Ducks 27-21 and won 34 of 52 faceoffs.

Connor McDavid's Four Points and Edmonton's Late Push

Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists. Kasperi Kapanen scored on the power play with 3:36 left, and Leon Draisaitl made it 5-4 with 45 seconds to go, but Laurent Brossoit made 23 saves to close it out.

The Ducks play at Calgary on Friday night. Edmonton hosts Vancouver on Saturday. More hockey is on BallerTube's NHL page.