Zach Hyman, Connor Ingram lead Oilers to shutout of Blues

Zach Hyman had two goals and an assist and Connor Ingram earned a 27-save shutout to lead the Edmonton Oilers past the visiting St. Louis Blues 5-0 on Sunday night.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored a goal in his 1,000th career NHL game for the Oilers, who have gone 5-1-2 in their last eight games.

Vasily Podkolzin scored a goal and earned an assist for Edmonton. Andrew Mangiapane also scored and Connor McDavid and Mattias Ekholm each had two assists.

Jordan Binnington made 23 saves for the Blues, who lost forward Oskar Sundqvist to a leg injury in the third period.

Nugent-Hopkins' power-play goal put the Oilers up 1-0 at the 5:55 mark. Jake Walman's between-the-legs pass created a 2-on-1 opportunity that Nugent-Hopkins converted off Evan Bouchard's pass.

Binnington stopped Kasperi Kapanen's breakaway, but Mangiapane doubled Edmonton's lead to 2-0 with 8:08 left in the first period. Curtis Lazar spun and fired a shot on goal from the wall, then Mangiapane banged in the rebound.

The Blues killed off a 5-on-3 power play and a 5-on-4 power play. The Oilers kept coming, though, and Hyman deflected Ekholm's slap shot past Binnington to make it 3-0 with 1:17 left in the first period.

Binnington stopped Walman's clean break in in the second period, then Blues forward Nick Bjugstad sprawled along the goal line to save a score during the ensuring scramble.

But Hyman made it 4-0 with 9:08 left in the second period with a one-time blast from the left circle off McDavid's cross-ice pass. Hyman has 19 goals in 31 games.

Ingram made 12 saves during the second period as the Blues applied more offensive pressure.

Edmonton increased its lead to 5-0 just 1:19 into the third period. McDavid raced up the right wing, then made a spinning pass to set up Podkolzin breaking to the left post. Hyman assisted on the score for his 31st point this season.

--Field Level Media