Edmonton outshot Vancouver 14-5 in the second period.

“It’s not the recipe for success,” Pettersson said. “Obviously, we’ve won games with not many shots, but it is what it is.

“They won today. It’s a seven-game series for a reason. I’m excited for it. I know the barn is going to be loud, the fans are going to be into it, and those are the type of games you want to play.”

Nugent-Hopkins pushed it to 4-1 at 3:25 of the third period, tapping a cross-crease backhand pass from McDavid five-hole on Silovs.

Evander Kane then made it 5-1 at 13:04, scoring glove side from the left circle off a face-off win by Draisaitl.

“I guess now we’re going to play seven games and things are going to happen. It’s hard to play seven amazing games,” Hughes said. “If you told us we had this opportunity in September, I think we would have took it and probably would have taken it three or four weeks ago as well. So, we’ll be excited.”

NOTES: Monday will mark the first time two Canadian teams will meet in a Game 7 with a trip to a conference final on the line since 2002, when the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Ottawa Senators. ... Draisaitl extended his playoff-opening point streak to 11 games (eight goals, 15 assists). He has 100 points (39 goals, 61 assists) in 60 postseason games. Only Wayne Gretzky (46 games) and Mario Lemieux (50 games) have reached the mark in fewer games. ... McDavid has 21 points (two goals, 19 assists) in 11 games. He is the 10th player in NHL history to have at least 20 points in three consecutive postseasons. ... Kane extended his point streak to four games (two goals, two assists).