LOS ANGELES (AP) — Connor McDavid secured his ninth 100-point season with a goal and an assist, Leon Draisaitl had a goal and three assists, and the Edmonton Oilers snapped their four-game skid with an 8-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.
McDavid scored his 35th goal and Draisaitl got his 30th during his fourth four-point game of the season as the Oilers again routed the opponent they've knocked out of the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in each of the past four seasons.
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Los Angeles Kings center Alex Turcotte, left, and Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse fight during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl, left, skates against Los Angeles Kings defenseman Joel Edmundson during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
Los Angeles Kings left wing Jeff Malott, third from left, moves the puck against Edmonton Oilers defenseman Spencer Stastney, center Connor McDavid, and defenseman Ty Emberson, from left, during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Los Angeles Kings Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
Jake Walman scored two goals, Zach Hyman had a goal and two assists, and Ty Emberson, Vasily Podkolzin and Andrew Mangiapane also scored in Edmonton's impressive rebound from a painful loss in Anaheim. Connor Ingram made 22 saves for the Oilers, who have returned from the Olympic break with 13 goals in two games.
Warren Foegele scored for the Kings, who have lost five straight games since January. Los Angeles' humiliating third-period collapse against Vegas one night earlier bled into this game: When Hyman scored on a power play midway through the second period, the Kings had allowed 10 goals in their past 41 minutes of play.
Darcy Kuemper gave up four goals on 15 shots before getting pulled early in the second period for Anton Forsberg.
Some Kings fans targeted coach Jim Hiller for the struggles, repeatedly chanting “Fire Hiller!” in the third period.
Emberson opened the scoring with his first goal since Oct. 28. Podkolzin scored 54 seconds later on another shot that could have been stopped by Kuemper.
Mangiapane beat Kuemper cleanly on an odd-man rush early in the second, and McDavid made it 4-1 when Kuemper comically fell down 6 feet outside his crease to leave an open net for the NHL's top scorer.
Oilers: At San Jose on Saturday.
Kings: Host Calgary on Saturday.
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Los Angeles Kings center Alex Turcotte, left, and Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse fight during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl, left, skates against Los Angeles Kings defenseman Joel Edmundson during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
Los Angeles Kings left wing Jeff Malott, third from left, moves the puck against Edmonton Oilers defenseman Spencer Stastney, center Connor McDavid, and defenseman Ty Emberson, from left, during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Los Angeles Kings Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
One U.S. service member was rescued and at least one was missing after two U.S. military planes went down in separate incidents including the first shoot-down since the war began nearly five weeks ago.
It was the first time U.S. aircraft have been downed in the conflict and came just two days after President Donald Trump said in a national address that the U.S. has “beaten and completely decimated Iran.”
One fighter jet was shot down in Iran, officials said. A U.S. crew member from that plane was rescued, but a second was missing, and a U.S. military search-and-rescue operation was underway.
Separately, Iranian state media said a U.S. A-10 attack aircraft crashed in the Persian Gulf after being struck by Iranian defense forces. A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive military situation, said it was not clear if the aircraft crashed or was shot down.
The war now entering its sixth week is destabilizing economies around the world as Iran responds to the U.S. and Israeli attacks by targeting the Gulf region's energy infrastructure and tightening its grip on oil and natural gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
Here is the latest:
The Iranian judiciary's Mizan news agency said Saturday that the two men who were hanged belonged to the Iranian exile group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq.
The agency said Abul-Hassan Montazer and Vahid Bani-Amirian were convicted of “being members of a terrorist group.”
This brings to six the total number of MEK members executed since the start of the war.
Activists and rights groups say Iran routinely holds closed-door trials in which defendants are unable to challenge the accusations they face.
The Israeli military said on Saturday that its air force struck ballistic and and anti-aircraft missile storage sites in Tehran.
It said the strikes a day earlier included weapons manufacture sites as well as military research and development facilities in the Iranian capital.
It said the strikes are part of an ongoing phase to increase damage to Iran's “core systems and foundations.”
Authorities in Dubai said the facades of two buildings were damaged by debris from intercepted drones, including one belonging to U.S. tech firm Oracle. No injuries were reported.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has threatened to attack Oracle and 17 other U.S. companies after accusing them of being involved in “terrorist espionage” operations in Iran.
Previous Iranian drone strikes caused damage to three Amazon Web Services facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
As of Friday, 247 of the wounded were Army soldiers, 63 were Navy sailors, 19 were Marines and 36 were Air Force airmen, according to Pentagon data available online.
It is unclear if the data includes any of the service members involved in the downing of two combat aircraft reported Friday.
Most of the wounded — 200 — were also mid to senior enlisted troops, 85 were officers and 80 were junior enlisted service members.
The current death toll remains at 13 service members killed in combat.
Palestinian Muslims attend Friday prayers outside Jerusalem's Old City due to restrictions linked to the Iran war, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Tamara and her sister Amal color pictures on the floor as their parents, Sara and Ahmed, who fled their village of Khiyam in southern Lebanon due to Israeli bombardment, sit inside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Mohammad Qubaisi, 53, with burn wounds from an Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon undergoes surgery by Dr. Mohammed Ziara, left, and his team, at the Sidon Government Hospital in Sidon, Lebanon, Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A bridge struck by U.S. airstrikes on Thursday is seen in the town of Karaj, west of Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
FILE - An F-15E Strike Eagle turns toward the Panamint range over Death Valley National Park, Calif., on Feb. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
