McDavid's hat trick helps Oilers top Blackhawks in Game 2, even series

Welcome to NHL.com, the official site of the National Hockey LeagueBienvenue à LNH.com , le site officiel de la Ligue nationale de hockeyДобро пожаловать на NHL.com, официальный сайт Национальной хоккейной лигиTervetuloa NHL:n viralliselle nettisivustolle NHL.comiinVälkommen till NHL.com, NHL:s officiella web-sidaVítejte na NHL.com, oficiálních stránkách National Hockey LeagueVitajte na NHL.com, oficiálnych stránkach National Hockey LeagueWillkommen auf NHL.com, der offiziellen Seite der National Hockey LeagueBienvenido a NHL.com, el sitio oficial de la National Hockey LeagueSCQ, Gm2: Connor McDavid scores a trio of goals against the Blackhawks to record his first career playoff hat trickConnor McDavid scored his first postseason NHL hat trick for the Edmonton Oilers in a 6-3 win against the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Qualifiers at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Monday.McDavid scored twice in the first period and once in the second for the Oilers, the No. 5 seed in the Western Conference, who evened the best-of-5 series 1-1."You never plan to score on the first shift, but we wanted to have a good start and make sure we were in their zone and we found a way to get one, and that was good," McDavid said. The series winner advances to the Stanley Cup Playoffs.Teams that win Game 3 after a series is tied 1-1 are 21-7 (75 percent) winning a best-of-5 NHL series (14-2 when last used from 1980-86).Patrick Kane and Slater Koekkoek each had a goal and an assist, and Corey Crawford allowed six goals on 35 shots for the Blackhawks, the No. 12 seed in the West."We know No. 97's going to get chances," Koekkoek said. Our whole group really played with a mindset that we weren't going to lose tonight … When we play like that, we'll give ourselves a chance every night."McDavid completed the hat trick on the power play at 17:10 of the second when his shot deflected off Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith for a 4-3 Oilers lead."McDavid's obviously a focus for us, and we're not making things hard enough on them offensively, then we take penalties, and you know what happens on the power play," Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews said. "Every guy on the team played well tonight."Koekkoek scored from the right circle to make it 3-2 at 4:22, and Olli Maatta tied it 3-3 at 15:13.James Neal gave the Oilers a 5-3 lead at 7:25 of the third, and Alex Chiasson made it 6-3 40 seconds later at 8:05."It was nice to get a couple there in one shift," Neal said.