Cutter Gauthier became the first Anaheim Ducks player to score nine goals in a four-game span as Anaheim defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5–4 on Thursday, November 5, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Gauthier scored on the power play and added an assist. Seven of his nine goals during the four-game stretch have come with the man advantage. He entered Thursday’s game after consecutive hat tricks.
Pavel Mintyukov and Beckett Sennecke each scored twice and added an assist for the Ducks. Laurent Brossoit made 23 saves as Anaheim won its third consecutive game and improved to 8–7–1.
Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists for Edmonton, extending his season-opening point streak to 17 games. Evan Bouchard, Kasperi Kapanen and Leon Draisaitl also scored for the Oilers, who fell to 11–3–3 with their second straight loss.
Gauthier opened the scoring at 9:26 of the first period. Bouchard’s late power-play goal tied the game before the first intermission, and McDavid put Edmonton ahead with a short-handed goal early in the second.
Mintyukov answered with two second-period goals, reversing the lead in Anaheim’s favor. Sennecke added another goal with 38 seconds left in the period to give the Ducks a 4–2 advantage heading into the third.
Edmonton started Matt Tomkins because Tristan Jarry was ill and both Devon Levi and Frederik Andersen were injured. Tomkins stopped 16 shots. Emergency backup Brett Epp dressed as the Oilers’ second goaltender.
Anaheim continues its road trip Friday at Calgary. Edmonton hosts Vancouver on Saturday.
Sources: - Associated Press via iNFOnews: https://infonews.ca/news/7977059/gauthier-strikes-again-to-help-the-ducks-beat-the-oilers-5-4/ - Field Level Media via Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/sports/nhl/cutter-gauthier-stays-red-hot-ducks-top-oilers--flm-2026-11-06/