The Canucks were on the ropes for six minutes before the dam burst: Brown scored his goal — he’d also score the seventh goal of the game — followed a minute later by a power play marker by McDavid, then another a minute after that by Brett Kulak, a shot off the wing that somehow sailed through Lankinen.

After a shaky start to the season, the Oilers picked up an electric win Saturday against the very same Vancouver team that they ousted in last year's playoffs.