DALLAS -- Connor McDavid, among the leagues most electrifying young stars, got his first career hat trick behind a few fortunate breaks Saturday night.McDavid scored once off a defenders stick and put back two other juicy rebounds, and his three goals helped the Edmonton Oilers beat the Dallas Stars 5-2 to end a five-game skid.McDavid, the first overall pick in the 2015 draft, ended a 10-game stretch without a goal.On the first, Dallas defenseman John Klingberg knocked the puck into his own net with his stick. The second came on a rebound from short range with goalie Kari Lehtonen out of the play, and the third was on a rebound with a wide-open net.Three pretty lucky goals, the 19-year-old McDavid said. Its a funny league that way. You get grade-A chances and theyre not going in, then you start putting it there and they are going in. Its weird that way. Definitely happy to get off that slump.McDavid is now tied for the NHL scoring lead at 22 points with Winnipegs Mark Scheifele and Tampa Bays Nikita Kucherov. Dallas coach Lindy Ruff didnt like having him break out against his team.The shot that went in got him going early, Ruff said. Thats not the type of guy that you want to get going.Tyler Pitlick got his sixth goal of the season for Edmonton, and Oscar Klefbom also scored. Cam Talbot made 31 saves.The Oilers led 4-0 early in the second period when Ruff swapped out Lehtonen for Antti Niemi.Patrick Eaves and Jamie Benn scored for Dallas during a 4-minute power play late in the second. Eaves scored in his fifth straight game, the longest streak of his 12-year career.McDavid, named the NHLs youngest ever captain prior to this season, has eight goals after getting one in each period of this one. Its his second multigoal game this season and fifth in 64 career games.He finished the hat trick midway through the third period by scooping up a rebound in the left circle and flicking it past a sprawled Niemi.Anton Slepyshev and Jesse Puljujarvi each had two assists for Edmonton.Pitlick scored with 8:24 left in the first on a 2-on-1 break, connecting off a pass from Drake Caggiula, who played his first NHL game. Another assist went to Matt Hendricks, playing for the first time since getting a lower-body injury in the preseason.Edmonton got goals 56 seconds apart in the second to make it 4-0. Klefboms drive from the left point went in off defenseman Patrick Nemeths skate at 5:21, and McDavid found himself alone with the puck to the right of the net at 6:17.Eaves scored unassisted with 4:23 left when his wrist shot went in off a goalpost. About a minute later, Benn tipped in Klingbergs drive from the top of the slot.Lehtonen made nine saves, and Niemi had 15.Game notes Dallas LW Patrick Sharp returned after missing 14 games because of concussion-like symptoms. ... Edmonton RW Zack Kassian, who drew the double minor in the second period, was playing in his 250th game. ... Benn has 10 points (five goals, five assists) in his last nine games against the Oilers. Jason Spezza, who assisted on Benns goal, has 22 points (seven goals, fifteen assists) in 20 career games vs. Edmonton.UP NEXTOilers: Return home to play Chicago on Monday night.Stars: Host Minnesota on Monday night to end a four-game homestand. Air Force 1 Shoes Canada . The (11-11-4) Jets are seventh in the Central Division with 26 points. Fifth place Dallas and sixth-seeded Nashville also have 26 points, but the Stars have three games in hand on Winnipeg while Nashville has two. Cheap Air Force 1 Canada . The veteran safety was a starter for the Bengals from 2008-2012. He totaled 41 tackles and three interceptions while starting all but four of the 13 games he played last season. http://www.airforce1canada.com/ .S. -- Nikolaj Ehlers registered a hat trick for the third straight game and Jonathan Drouin had a goal and five assists as the Halifax Mooseheads hammered the host Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 10-1 on Tuesday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Air Force 1 For Sale . The team said Saturday that Lopez was hurt during its 121-120 overtime loss at Philadelphia on Friday. The Nets said they would issue another update next week after consultation with their doctors. Wholesale Air Force 1 Canada . LOUIS -- Cardinals cleanup hitter Allen Craig says hes recovered from a foot injury and ready to be put on St. SAN ANTONIO -- Pau Gasol signed with San Antonio because he believes the Spurs can win the NBA championship.He knows the Spurs cannot achieve that goal if they keep playing lethargically at home, so the 16-year veteran helped change that.Gasol had season highs with 21 points and six assists, and San Antonio snapped a three-game home losing streak with a 96-86 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night.I think he got tired of losing, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said.Gasol was 10 for 16 from the field as San Antonio snapped its longest home skid since dropping three straight in December 2014.After winning their home opener against New Orleans, the Spurs lost to Utah, the Los Angeles Clippers and Houston. San Antonio went 40-1 last season to match the league record at home.You just cant afford to lose at home, period, Gasol said. We just needed to snap out of that bad streak at home and start playing with some fire.Gasol, who also had nine rebounds and two blocked shots, had 13 points in the opening quarter. It was the most points he has scored in any half this season and was his second-highest total this year.(San Antonio was) definitely much more aggressive from the beginning, Gasol said. Established a good pace and we needed to as a team collectively to get off a good start because we havent done that lately at home.Kawhi Leonard had 17 points and LaMarcus Aldridge added 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Spurs.Tony Parker added seven points and four assists in 21 minutes after missing the previous three games with a sore right knee.Andre Drummond matched his season high with 20 points and added 17 rebounds in Detroits third straight loss.Im not upset at anybody, Detroit coach Stan Van Gundy said. I thought we played the game well. As a matter of fact, in terms of both defense and ball movement, putting both ends of the floor together, thats one of our best games of the year.After trailing by 13 points in the fourth quarter, Detroit held San Antonio to two points in a four-minute span to pull within 89-84 with 2 minutes remaining. Leonards 3-pointer endedd the drought and helped seal the victory.ddddddddddddThe team is still trying to improve, Parker said. We have a lot of guys to try and put in our team like Pau. Everybody is trying to find their role in this team. And so, well be fine. Its going to take some time.TIP-INSPistons: Detroit is winless in five road games this season. ... Former Spurs Aron Baynes, Beno Udrih and Boban Marjanovic are all reserves for the Pistons. Marjanovic did not play, but received a rousing ovation when he was shown on the video screen. A huge fan favorite during his one season in San Antonio, Marjanovic was showered with shouts of Boban! in the final minutes.Spurs: Gasols previous season high was 20 points against Miami on Oct. 30. Aldridge did not play in that game for rest. ... Spurs G Danny Green sat out for rest after playing 26 minutes in his season debut Wednesday. Green missed the teams first six games with a strained left quadriceps. ... The Spurs have yet to play a game with their projected starting five of Parker, Green, Aldridge, Gasol and Leonard. . San Antonio, which plays Saturday in Houston, is 3-1 in back-to-back games this season. The Spurs won both road games.WINNING TRADITIONSan Antonio has not lost more than three games in a row at home since 2002. Every other team in the league has lost at least five straight home games over that span.GOT YOUR BACKLeonard had his second-lowest point production of the season, shooting 6 for 14.The 6-foot-7 forward has scored 30-plus points in four games after entering the season with four games of 30-plus in his career, including the playoffs.Leonard scored 34 points in San Antonios 101-99 loss to Houston on Wednesday, attempting a career-high 26 shots.He shouldnt need to get 30 to 34 every night, Gasol said. We have enough guys on this team, enough talent on this team that he shouldnt have to have that responsibility or pressure.UP NEXTPistons: At Denver on Saturday.Spurs: At Houston on Saturday. ' ' '