EDMONTON, Alberta Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Nashville Predators 4-1 on Saturday for their 16th straight win.
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(AP) EDMONTON, Alberta Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Nashville Predators 4-1 on Saturday for their 16th straight win.
When the Edmonton Oilers return from the All-Star break to play in Vegas on February 6, they will try to tie the NHL record set by the 1992–93 Pittsburgh Penguins. The Oilers tied the Columbus Blue Jackets of 2016–17 for the second-longest run of play.
Edmonton increased to 29-15-1 thanks to goals and two assists from Leon Draisaitl, two goals from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Zach Hyman, and 28 stops from Stuart Skinner. The Oilers have won 24 of their last 27 games, and they have gone 14 games without giving up more than two goals, a team record. Nashville’s Colton Sissons scored a goal. Three out of four losses for the Predators. 17 saves were made by Kevin Lankinen. In other NHL action on Saturday:
BC’s VANCOUVER (AP) — After trailing three goals in the third period, Vancouver overcame Columbus thanks to three goals and an assist from Brock Boeser, who scored his second goal of the game four minutes into overtime.
With three assists apiece from Quinn Hughes and J.T. Miller, two from Pius Suter, and one from Pettersson, Vancouver has improved to 9-0-2 in its previous 11 games. Thatcher Demko made 25 saves in the end.
Vancouver, who is leading the Pacific Division with 71 points going into the All-Star break, is 32-11-5 and has missed the playoffs seven times in the previous eight years.
For Columbus, which has dropped six of eight games (2-4-2), Kirill Marchenko, Jake Bean, and Sean Kuraly all scored goals in addition to Alexandre Texier’s goal and assist. At the end, Elvis Merzlikins made 28 saves.
Pittsburgh (AP) — After 2:43 of overtime, Marcus Pettersson’s goal helped Pittsburgh defeat Montreal.
In his 1,000th NHL game, Lars Eller scored Pittsburgh’s ninth goal of the year. With an assist, Sidney Crosby extended his seven-game point streak, and Jake Guentzel scored his 22nd goal.
Defenseman Erik Karlsson’s 10-game point run came to an end, and Evgeni Malkin set a new season best with five straight points. For the Penguins, who ended a three-game losing slide, Tristan Jarry made 25 saves.
Midway through the third, Pittsburgh knotted the game; Pettersson then beat Jake Allen after receiving a feed from Rickard Rakell.
Kaiden Guhle and Juraj Slafkovsky both scored goals for the Canadiens, who had dropped four of their previous five games. Allen made 30 saves in al
(AP) — RALEIGH, N.C. Carolina defeated Arizona in the last minute of the third quarter thanks to goals from Dmitry Orlov and Jesper Fast, who scored 13 seconds apart.
The Hurricanes, who have won four of their previous five games and are now two points behind the New York Rangers for first place in the Metropolitan Division, also have a goal from Martin Necas. Antti Raanta made 11 saves, and Seth Jarvis had two assists.
For the Coyotes, Logan Cooley scored, and Connor Ingram made 38 saves. Arizona suffered its third consecutive loss.
(AP) — CALGARY, Alberta Calgary ended a four-game losing streak with a power-play goal late in the second period and 32 stops from Jacob Markstrom.
The Blackhawks (14-34-2) in last place have lost two straight games, three of the previous four, and four of the previous six. They have lost 10 straight away from home and are winless in their previous 20 away from home, with the exception of injured rookie standout Connor Bedard (0-19-
Markstrom, who improved to 14-13-2, had his 20th career shutout and his second of the season as Calgary (22-22-5) concluded a 2-4-0 homestand.
DALLAS (AP) — At 3:27 in overtime, defenseman Thomas Harley scored Dallas’ second goal of the game and its second OT victory in two games.
For the Stars, who are 18-3-3 versus the Capitals since the 2008–09 season, Jake Oettinger made 24 saves while Wyatt Johnston, Mason Marchment, and Matt Duchene also scored.
Before Alex Ovechkin’s 6-on-4 and Dylan Strome’s 6-on-5 goals in the final two minutes of regulation sent the game into overtime, Dallas was leading 4-2.
The Capitals, who were traveling through the Central Division and finished 0-3-1, also had goals from Anthony Mantha and Rasmus Sandin. In his sixth start in the previous eight games for the Capitals, Charlie Lindgren stopped thirty shots.
NEW YORK (AP) — With a goal from Oliver Ekman-Larsson 1:57 into overtime, Florida defeated New York for the fourth game in a row.
For the Panthers, Sam Reinhart also scored and Matthew Tkachuk added an assist. Stolarz Anthony made 21 saves.
