Oilers tie club record with 9th straight win
Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers have accomplished something Wayne Gretzky never did with the franchise.
McDavid scored a tying goal in the third period and Darnell Nurse scored 1:20 into overtime to give Edmonton a 3-2 win over the Red Wings in Detroit, matching a franchise record with their ninth straight victory Thursday night.
The Oilers, who also won nine in a row late last season and in 2001, can break the team mark Saturday night in Montreal.
“It’s very surprising, considering how many good teams there were, especially in the ‘80s and Stanley Cup winners,” Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said. “I’m shocked they didn’t have a run longer than nine games.
“That we’re a part of it feels good, but where we are in the standings is much more important than winning streaks. We just need to pile up the wins.”
KRAKEN 4, CAPITALS 1 »
Joey Daccord made 25 saves, Tye Kartye ended a lengthy goal drought and visiting Seattle beat Washington for its eighth straight victory. Alex Wennberg and defensemen Justin Schultz and Adam Larsson also scored for the Kraken, who tied the longest winning streak in the three-year history of the franchise and are 10-0-2 in their past 12.
LIGHTNING 4, DEVILS 3, OT »
Darren Raddysh scored 1:52 into overtime and host Tampa Bay beat New Jersey. The defenseman scored from the left circle. NHL scoring leader Nikita Kucherov got his second assist on the goal, giving him 69 points this season. Luke Glendening had two goals, and Brayden Point also scored for the Lightning. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves.
Jordan Kyrou had his third career hat trick, Jordan Binnington made 41 saves, and host St. Louis beat New York. Brandon Saad and Pavel Buchnevich also scored for St. Louis. The Blues are 8-4-0 since Drew Bannister took over as interim coach after Craig Berube was fired.
BLUES 5, RANGERS 2 » SHARKS 3, CANADIENS 2 »
Mackenzie Blackwood made 33 shots and NHLworst San Jose snapped a 12-game losing streak with a victory in Montreal. Luke Kunin, Fabian Zetterlund, Nikita Okhotiuk also scored for San Jose.
ISLANDERS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 3, OT »
Mathew Barzal scored 21 seconds into overtime, Ilya Sorokin made 32 saves and host New York rallied to beat Toronto. Barzal capped a comeback with his 12th goal of the season after assisting on the first three goals.
CANUCKS 4, PENGUINS 3, OT »
Elias Pettersson scored on a breakaway in overtime to lift visiting Vancouver past Pittsburgh for its fourth straight victory. Pettersson took a lead pass from Filip Hronek and beat Tristan Jarry for his 22nd goal of the season.
JETS 2, BLACKHAWKS 1 »
Nikolaj Ehlers scored with 1:05 left and host Winnipeg beat Chicago to extend its franchise-record winning streak to eight.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PACIFIC DIVISION
Vancouver Vegas Kings Edmonton Seattle Calgary Ducks
San Jose
Winnipeg Colorado Dallas Nashville St. Louis Arizona Minnesota Chicago
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Boston Florida Toronto Tampa Bay Detroit Montreal Buffalo Ottawa
Note:
GP W
42 42 38 38 41 42 41 42
CENTRAL DIVISION
41 42 40 41 40 40 40 42
GP W
41 41 39 43 41 41 42 37
Thursday’s results
Today’s games
Saturday’s games
28 24 20 22 18 19 14 10
GP W
28 27 24 22 21 20 17 12 24 27 21 21 20 17 18 14
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
11 13 10 15 14 18 26 29
L OT Pts GF GA
9 12 11 18 18 18 19 28
L OT Pts GF GA
8 12 10 17 16 18 20 23
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
3 5 8 1 9 5 1 3 4 3 5 1 1 2 4 2 9 2 8 5 5 6 4 0
Carolina 6, Ducks 3
Florida 3, Kings 2, OT
Seattle 4, Washington 1 Buffalo 5, Ottawa 3
N.Y. Islanders 4, Toronto 3, OT San Jose 3, Montreal 2 Edmonton 3, Detroit 2, OT Vancouver 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT Tampa Bay 4, New Jersey 3, OT Winnipeg 2, Chicago 1
St. Louis 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 Calgary 6, Arizona 2
Vegas 2, Boston 1, OT 59 164 110 53 135 116 48 126 97 45 136 116 45 115 118 43 133 136 29 105 139 23 84 173 60 139 95 57 155 130 53 149 122 45 129 130 43 115 127 42 120 123 38 118 134 26 96 155 57 137 111 56 131 102 50 143 125 47 141 148 45 146 139 40 115 143 40 127 142 28 122 136
L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Rangers 40 26 12 2 54 134 117 Carolina 41 23 13 5 51 143 125 N.Y. Islanders 41 19 12 10 48 127 138 Philadelphia 41 21 14 6 48 120 115 New Jersey 39 21 15 3 45 138 140 Pittsburgh 40 20 15 5 45 124 110 Washington 39 19 14 6 44 95 121 Columbus 42 13 20 9 35 126 155
Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.
Nashville at Dallas, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 10 a.m. San Jose at Ottawa, 1 p.m. Vancouver at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
New Jersey at Florida, 3 p.m.
Ducks at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Colorado at Toronto, 4 p.m. Edmonton at Montreal, 4 p.m.
Kings at Detroit, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Carolina, 4 p.m. Seattle at Columbus, 4 p.m.
Arizona at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Boston at St. Louis, 5 p.m.
Dallas at Chicago, 5 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Nashville, 5 p.m. Calgary at Vegas, 7 p.m.