HC Edmonton beat Anaheim in the NHL match

The Edmonton Oilers hockey Club defeated the Anaheim Ducks in the first match of the first round of the National Hockey League (NHL) playoffs. The match took place on April 21 in Edmonton and ended with a score of 4:3.

Jason Dickinson and Kasperi Kapanen scored doubles for the winners. Troy Terry and Leo Karlsson scored for the visitors.

Edmonton's Russian striker Vasily Podkolzin scored two assists, the second of which came on the winning goal. Connor McDavid, the top scorer of the regular season, did not score points in a winning match for the team for the first time this season.

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Nikita Kucherov, the Russian forward of HC Tampa Bay Lightning, entered the top 20 scorers of the Stanley Cup at the end of the match with the Montreal Canadiens the day before. Despite the fact that the game ended with a score of 3:4 in favor of Montreal, Kucherov scored two assists.