NASHVILLE Connor Brown Jersey , Tenn. (AP) — Ibeat Nashville — so long that the streak is meaningless to many of the Oilers.Leon Draisaitl and Drake Caggiula each scored twice, and the Oilers ended a 13-game losing streak against the Predators with a 5-3 victory Saturday.“I know that the media and everybody else likes to string together streaks and that type of stuff, but when this streak started a lot of these players weren’t even here,” Oilers coach Todd McLellan said. “Connor (McDavid) was probably still playing juniors. From an organizational standpoint it’s important, but for the guys that have been here two or three years it is a big win.”McDavid also scored and Mika Koskinen made 24 saves in his first start of the season and first for the Oilers. Edmonton was 0-11-2 in its previous 13 games against the Predators.Filip Forsberg had a hat trick for Nashville, and Juuse Saros stopped 30 shots.The Oilers are 5-1-1 in their last seven games, with their most recent wins coming against the reigning Presidents’ Trophy winner (Nashville) and the defending Stanley Cup champion (Washington).“We’ve been playing some pretty tough teams as of late,” Caggiula said. “We’ve got a tough schedule with some travel and some road games, and I think we’re just playing confidently. We believe in one another.”Forsberg added to his franchise record with his sixth career hat trick. The Predators are 5-0-0 on the road, but only 3-3-0 at home.“Filip, in the last two games Frederik Andersen Jersey , probably has close to 25 attempts at the net and when he puts the puck at the net like that it’s going to go in the back of the net,” Predators coach Peter Laviolette said. “You’ve got to credit his two linemates, too. Ryan (Johansen) is making some terrific plays and (Viktor Arvidsson) is the motor that makes it go.”Forsberg’s first goal cut the deficit to 2-1 on a power play with just over a minute left in the second period. The Swedish winger added two more in the third period, including another power-play goal that narrowed the deficit to 4-3 with 4:06 remaining.Edmonton struck first when Caggiula batted home a rebound at 11:41 of the first period. The Oilers made it 2-0 when Draisaitl scored a tic-tac-toe goal on passes from Milan Lucic and McDavid on a power play at 4:14 of the second.“I really liked our start,” McLellan said. “We haven’t got that in a long time in this building. Usually, we’re chasing the game. Our goaltender played extremely well.”Nashville prevented the Oilers from adding to the lead by killing a 4-minute penalty when Johansen was called for high-sticking.Seven seconds after Forsberg’s first goal, McDavid broke loose on a breakaway off the faceoff for his team-best seventh goal to make it 3-1.“For me, that third goal was a tough goal,” Laviolette said. “We had been pushing to try and get on the board and try to close the deficit, and when we were able to do that to give one up right away that was a tough goal, especially right at the end of the period. You go into the locker room and it kind of steals the energy out of the building.”Koskinen made 24 saves. The 6-foot-7 Finn played the previous six seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League.“It’s a good feeling Womens Jake Gardiner Jersey ,” Koskinen said. “Everybody wants to play. But at the same time it was good for me to practice a little bit longer and prepare for this game.”Saros, filling in for injured Vezina Trophy winner Pekka Rinne, had recorded shutouts in his previous two starts against the Oilers, stopping all 77 shots.Draisaitl scored his second goal at 4:19 of the third. Caggiula capped the scoring with an empty-netter.Nashville has lost two of three.“It’s always frustrating when you lose,” Forsberg said. “I think we’re playing solid enough hockey to win, but at the same time we’re taking too many penalties. It gets people off their rhythm by being on the penalty kill.”NOTES: Edmonton D Matt Benning (upper body) and RW Zack Kassian (neck) returned to the lineup after missing games. … Nashville got outshot 22-8 in the first 30 minutes. … The Predators will play their third and final game against the Oilers in Nashville on Feb. 25.UP NEXTOilers: At Chicago on Sunday night.Predators: Host Vegas on Tuesday night. DETROIT — Gustav Nyquist may not be in the Detroit Red Wings future plans, but he’s a big part of their present.Nyquist, a right winger, has five goals and 10 assists in his last six games and is tied with Dylan Larkin for the team lead in points with 26 (seven goals and 19 assists).Detroit (13-12-4) hosts the New York Islanders (13-11-3) at Little Caesars Arena at Saturday night.Article continues below ...Nyquist, 29, will be an unrestricted free agent on July 1 Tyler Graovac Jersey Womens , and — as has been the case the past few seasons — has been named in several trade rumors with the Red Wings in rebuilding mode.He is in the final year of a contract that has a $4.75 million annual cap hit and it would likely take an annual salary of over $5 million over a three- or four-year deal to retain Nyquist.“Over the last few years my name has popped up here and there in trade rumors leading up to the deadline, especially when you’re not battling for a playoff spot,” Nyquist told mlive.com. “Right now, we’re battling for a playoff spot and we want to be a team that come trade deadline, we don’t want to be sellers by any means, we want to keep what we have and go on a good run.“I think everyone in this room believes we can make the playoffs. If it happens that my name pops up, I’ll deal with it, but I’ve been part of it in the past and it’s nothing that bothers me.”He had a goal and two assists in Thursday night’s 5-4 overtime win over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena.Detroit is 2-1-1 in its last four games against four of the league’s best: Boston, Colorado, Tampa Bay and Toronto.“I just think it just continues to show to our players that when we do it the right way, when we play the way we’re capable of Youth John Tavares Jersey , we can take anybody in the league,” Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill told the Detroit Free Press. “Let’s keep going.” Meanwhile, New York is struggling offensively.The Islanders are 1-3-1 in their past five games and have only scored eight goals in that span.“Teams are going to score,” center Mathew Barzal told Newsday. “You’ve got to find a way to put four, five on the board. You’ve got to find a way to push that side of the game a little bit.”They dropped a 6-2 decision to the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena Thursday night, getting goals from left winger Anders Lee — who has goals in four consecutive games — and center Brock Nelson (shorthanded), who snapped an eight-game goal drought.“It was too friendly of a game,” Islanders coach Barry Trotz told NHL.com. “There wasn’t enough skin invested in the game, right across the board. We need a couple saves. Some [defensemen] could play a little bit better. Some of our forwards who are a little more physical could be more assertive in that area, and our skill guys are going to have to produce. No one was immune today.”