Just 1:37 later, Leon Draisaitl slid behind the Jets defense on a breakaway and beat Comrie’s glove side with the backhand. His 17th made it 2-0.
Matt Savoie kept the bleeding going at 12:36 when Comrie gave up another rebound on a Mattias Ekholm shot, and Savoie tapped it in.
Evan Bouchard made it 4-0 on the power play at 6:29, netting a one-timer from Draisaitl.
Edmonton led 4-0 after one while outscoring Winnipeg 16-5. Comrie did not return after allowing four goals, with Thomas Milic taking over to start the second.
The Oilers continued to roll early in the middle frame. Curtis Lazar beat Milic’s glove side on his first shot of the night at 5:18 for his second of the year, the only goal of the period.
Gabriel Vilardi broke Stuart Skinner’s shutout bid with his 13th at 15:48 of the third, capping off quite a tic-tac-toe game with Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor.
David Tomasek restored Edmonton’s five-goal lead with his third of the season at 6:31, and Cole Koepke scored his second in as many games at 4:35 to make it 6-2.
That’s it. Winnipeg simply wasn’t ready to go, and the first period ended prematurely.
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