“That was pretty sweet, playing against Edmonton,” said McMann, who grew up in Wainwright, Alberta, 2 1/2 hours southeast of Edmonton. “Watching them growing up and the quality of team that that is, it was a special one for us to win.
“We came out with an attitude that we know we are a better team and we want to dictate the play from the start, and I think we did that and I’m proud of us for that. They have some skilled players and they pushed back a little bit, but we took it to them enough that it didn’t matter.”
Pontus Holmberg scored twice, and William Nylander extended his goal streak to five games and had an assist for the Maple Leafs (40-20-9), who are 4-1-1 in their past six. Auston Matthews scored his League-leading 58th goal of the season and had an assist.
Ilya Samsonov made 31 saves before leaving at 16:21 of the third period with an apparent lower-body injury after stretching across the net. Martin Jones made five saves in relief.
“Looks like he is going to be fine,” Toronto coach Sheldon Keefe said of Samsonov. “… He got injured. It’s not anything near what it appeared or what I thought it might have been. I’m not going to give you too many details right now, but it looks like he will be fine and not miss any time.”
Connor McDavid had three assists, and Zach Hyman scored his 49th goal of the season for the Oilers (42-22-4), who had a six-game point streak end (4-0-2). Stuart Skinner allowed five goals on 23 shots before he was replaced for the start of the third period by Calvin Pickard, who made five saves.