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EDMONTON – Picking the Toronto Maple Leafs to win in Edmonton has been a safe bet in recent years.
William Nylander scored twice, including the 300th of his career, as the surging Maple Leafs torched the Edmonton Oilers 7-2 on Saturday.
No team has had more success at Rogers Place in Edmonton than the Maple Leafs. Since the Oilers moved into their new arena, Toronto has gone an impressive 12-2-1.
Jack Roslovic, Auston Matthews, Troy Stecher, Zack MacEwen and Vinni Lettieri also scored for the Maple Leafs (7-4-2), who have won four straight and earned a complete team effort.
Matthews said the atmosphere at the Leafs is great right now.
“I just think the energy in the locker room day in and day out is incredible,” he said. “I think guys, the environment that we’re in, it’s a lot of fun. It’s competitive you know. Guys, a lot of joking around, a lot of chirping with each other. It’s a lot of fun, and I think that emotion, that energy carries over into the game, and it doesn’t matter who scores, everyone’s excited, everyone’s happy.
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“It’s all about the team, and the team comes first all along, and that’s what’s most important. I think that’s what’s driving us right now.”
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Matthews and Kirill Marchenko (two assists) both extended their season-opening road streak to five games. Matthews now needs just one point to reach 800 in his career, which would make him the fastest player in franchise history to reach the milestone, in addition to the third-fastest American skater in the NHL to reach the mark.
When asked about the efforts of Oilers Connor McDavid, who had two assists to increase his early-season scoring streak to 11 games and 33 points, and Leon Draisaitl who recorded his third straight two-goal game to give him a 12-goal lead in the league this season, Matthews said it took “all hands.”
“You recognize the challenges that you face, and of course you need everyone to rise to those challenges, and you know that it can be unpleasant at times,” Matthews said. “But I thought we stuck with it. The penalty kill was really good. The defense was really good. (Goalie Anthony Stolarz) was great, and we were able to score when we needed to.”
Stolarz made 30 stops to earn the win for Toronto.
Toronto head coach Jim Hiller said everyone in his team’s locker room can hold their heads up.
“It’s not just Matthews. It’s not just Nylander. It’s not just (John) Tavares. It’s about the lineup, and it gives you a chance to win every night,” Hiller said. “And just as I’m happy for them, I’m happy for our team because they can feel that there are other players who can support them, and that’s a pretty good feeling right now.”
Toronto got goals from some unexpected sources as MacEwen scored his first goal since October 14, 2024, and Lettieri hasn’t scored since April 1, 2025.
Nylander scoring 300 goals is significant in several ways. He became the fourth-fastest player in franchise history to achieve the feat as well as the fourth-fastest Swede and passed Rick Vaive for sixth place in Maple Leafs history. It was also his 45th career multi-goal game, placing him 10th on Toronto’s all-time list.
The Maple Leafs have been outstanding this season on the penalty kill. They had killed 40 of the opposition’s 41 power plays and 30 in a row until Edmonton got one late in the game.
The Oilers (8-2-1) had their three-game winning streak snapped.
“They were better than us. They were more competitive and won more faceoffs,” Oilers forward Zach Hyman said. “They just beat us in every area today.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 24, 2026.
© 2026 Canadian Press
