Three goals in each period.

Four goals at 5×5.

Four power play goals.

One shorthanded goal.

Six different goal scorers.

Nine goals in a game for only the third time in the last 20 seasons, and the Edmonton Oilers had a lot of smiles after their 9-4 victory over the Seattle Kraken last night.

The Oilers haven’t had many stress-free, easy victories this season. They are now 2-0 in their new third jerseys and have scored 15 goals. They might want to start wearing them more.

They’ve only won five games by two or more goals this season, and two of those games they had a one-goal lead until scoring into an empty net. Last night’s game was never really in doubt. They jumped out to a 3-0 lead, and while Seattle made it 3-2 in the final minute of the first period, the Oilers scored three goals in 8:53 to start the second period and coasted to the 9-4 victory.

Connor McDavid was determined to shoot the puck, after passing up some good looks against Minnesota on Tuesday, and he finished with seven shots on goal and the 13th hat trick of his career.

“I thought I passed a couple away the other night and it ultimately cost us in a 1-0 game,” said McDavid. “Who knows if I score on one of those, and I definitely thought about shooting more.”

Matt Savoie produced the first multi-goal game of his career, including a nifty shorthanded goal after missing on a breakaway in the first period. “I had a lot of time to think about it in the first intermission,” said Savoie. “I had some ideas, and it was actually Stu (Skinner) who said to go backhand off of something he saw. So credit Stu.”

Leon Draisaitl had four points, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Evan Bouchard each had three, while Zach Hyman scored his first goal this season off his stick, Vasily Podkolzin ripped home a one-timer from a sharp angle that would make Draisaitl proud and Mattias Janmark scored his first goal of the season and first regular-season goal in 42 games.

The Oilers were able to relax, exhale and skate to an easy win, and with five strong performances in their last six games, they are starting to look like the team many expected them to be. There enjoyed last night’s victory and with three more home games in the next seven days, they have a chance to go on their first winning streak of the season.

“We haven’t really had a game like that this year. It feels good to get a couple as a group and hopefully guys are feeling good about themselves and we can build on it,” added McDavid.

Does he feel like they are starting to find their stride?

“I feel like we are playing better, obviously,” he said. “It was nice to score some goals and feel good about ourselves. It has been a little bit of a grind finding wins, and it was nice to put a good one (effort) together.”

Recently they’ve had solid defensive games against Tampa Bay, Florida, Seattle and Minnesota, and did score four goals in Florida (two empty netters as well) and four in Seattle, but last night was a dominant offensive performance. Their big guns dominated. The power play scored on their first four power play chances. They scored shorthanded and got a goal from a bottom-six forward.

Tomorrow they will face a tired Winnipeg Jets team. The Jets host Buffalo tonight, and then will play their sixth game in nine nights tomorrow in Edmonton and it is likely that rookie Thomas Milic will make his second career start with Eric Comrie starting tonight and Connor Hellebuyck injured. The Jets will be tired, and without their Vezina trophy goalie. The Oilers need to come out aggressive and attack them like they did Seattle.

The Oilers offence has been on an upward trend the past few weeks, and last night should only increase their confidence and excitement in the offensive zone. Edmonton is ranked fourth in goals scored over their last 10 games, averaging 3.60 GF/GP. Allowing eight goals against Dallas, looks like an outlier compared to their other five games before and after where they allowed 10. They’ve reduced the glaring defensive gaffes, lowered their giveaways and are protecting the front of the net better. It’s not perfect, but the progress has been noticeable.

Their next three home games they face an opponent who played the previous night. The opportunity to go on a run is there. Now they must take advantage of it.