Eberle scores twice, Oilers sweep Flames for first time

Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid, left, tangles with Calgary Flames' Matt Stajan during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in Calgary, Alberta. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP) (The Associated Press)

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Edmonton Oilers' Milan Lucic (27) tussles with Calgary Flames' Deryk Engelland during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in Calgary, Alberta. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP) (The Associated Press)

Edmonton Oilers' Adam Larsson, right, of Sweden, checks Calgary Flames' Matthew Tkachuk during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Calgary, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP) (The Associated Press)

CALGARY, Alberta – Jordan Eberle had two goals and two assists, Laurent Brossoit stopped 38 shots for his first NHL win and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Calgary Flames 7-3 on Saturday night to sweep the four-game season series for the first time.

Eberle's wrist shot at 5:58 of the first period made it 3-0 and prompted Flames coach Glen Gulutzan to swap Brian Elliott in goal for Chad Johnson, who allowed three goals on four shots.

The Oilers kept capitalizing on Calgary's mistakes in the second period. After Connor McDavid's power-play goal at 3:57, Eberle scored again at 12:24, making it 5-0 when he was left open in the slot to deflect in Matt Benning's pass.

Eberle has three goals in his last three games after ending an 18-game goalless drought.

Anton Slepyshev, Mark Letestu, Oscar Klefbom and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored for Edmonton. The streaking Oilers are 5-0-1 in their last six.