Roslovic scored his second of the game at 14:31 to make it 4-0, driving the net off the rush to redirect an area pass from Isaac Howard that went through the legs of defenseman Victor Mancini.
“Go the net. Get everything to the net,” said Roslovic, who was pointless in seven games coming in. “We’ve been really simplifying our game.”
Kapanen made it 5-0 with his second goal at 15:08, taking a cross-ice backhand pass from Nugent-Hopkins, who spun off an Elias Pettersson check in the corner, and one-timing it past Tolopilo from the right slot.
Kapanen has three goals and four assists in seven games since returning from a lower-body injury that kept him out for 36 games but credited his linemates, which on Saturday included Nugent-Hopkins taking Draisaitl’s spot at center.
“He’s a phenomenal hockey player, but he’s even better guy and person so we’re obviously excited to celebrate 1,000 tomorrow, and I’m sure for him to kind of come back to Vancouver, and he played a hell of a game today,” Kapanen said.
Vasily Podkolzin, who moved up into Nugent-Hopkins’ spot on the top line, converted a loose puck after McDavid had it knocked away while driving the net, firing a low glove shot from the right dot to make it 6-0 at 16:34.
“When you’re missing a key player, somebody really important to your team, it just seems like everyone, their game steps up,” Knoblauch said. “I think about throughout our lineup, how many guys really played one of their best games, it was tonight. Obviously, we’re missing Leon and definitely like to have him here, and we’re thinking about him and his family what’s going on right now.”
It was Jarry’s second game back after missing 11 with a lower-body injury. His best saves came in a scramble around his crease shortly before Roslevic’s second goal. It was his second shutout this season, the 23rd of his career and his first since being acquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins on Dec. 12 in a trade that sent goalie Stuart Skinner the other way.
“I’ve seen it before in Pitt, and I think guys that have played against him a bunch, we all know he’s a tremendous goalie,” Kapanen said. “He was incredible today, and a big reason we won.”
NOTES: The Oilers have three goalies on the roster, but Connor Ingram did not make the trip to Vancouver, instead staying in Edmonton to start against the St. Louis Blues on the second half of back-to-back games on Sunday. … The Oilers scored six goals in a period for the second time in the past 25 years, following April 27, 2013 (six in the third period against Vancouver). … Kapanen and Roslovic became the first Oilers teammates to score multiple goals in the same period since Oct. 24, 1996 (Andrei Kovalenko, Rem Murray).
