Holloway extended the lead to 3-1 at 14:48, receiving a pass off the rush from Draisaitl and toe-dragging the puck ahead of himself on the backhand before putting it past Bobrovsky.
“That is depth scoring,” Janmark said. “The top guys are going to carry their load a lot of nights, but there are going to have to be nights where we chip in. Tonight was one of those nights. It was big tonight and hopefully we can have one more of those or two more of those.”
Edmonton’s top guys took over in the second period.
McDavid scored off the rush to make it 4-1 at 1:13. He got the puck from Hyman in the middle of the offensive zone and ripped a shot past Bobrovsky.
Nurse made it 5-1 at 4:59, scoring from the top of the slot off a drop pass from McDavid for another goal off the rush.
Stolarz replaced Bobrovsky following Nurse’s goal.
“He’d had enough,” Maurice said of Bobrovsky. “If you think you’re mounting a comeback it won’t be because the goalie is making a difference for you, it’ll be something that happens at the other end of the ice.”
