CTV News Edmonton has reported:

Connor McDavid had two goals and three assists as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Utah Mammoth 6-2 on Saturday night in Salt Lake City, splitting a home-and-home series. Utah won 4-2 in Edmonton on Thursday. The Oilers improved to 6-1-1 and are 5-0 on the road this season; Utah fell to 6-3-0.

Zach Hyman, Mathieu Joseph, Kasperi Kapanen and Leon Draisaitl also scored for Edmonton. Vasily Podkolzin recorded two assists, while Tristan Jarry stopped 26 shots. John Marino and Mikhail Sergachev scored for Utah. Karel Vejmelka made 12 saves before being replaced by Sebastian Cossa late in the second period; Cossa stopped three shots.

Edmonton scored three times in the first period. McDavid opened the scoring 40 seconds into the game, Hyman converted on a power play with 6:39 left in the period, and Joseph scored on a breakaway 32 seconds later. Kapanen made it 4-0 with 9:03 remaining in the second, and Draisaitl scored less than three minutes after that to extend the lead to 5-0.

The Oilers are scheduled to host the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday. The Mammoth will host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday.