Oilers' win streak reaches 15 in a row
Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist, backup Calvin Pickard made 27 saves for his fifth career shutout and the Edmonton Oilers won their 15th straight game with a 3-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.
Zach Hyman also scored and Leon Draisaitl had three assists for the Oilers, who are just the fifth team in NHL history to win 15 or more consecutive games. The 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins hold the NHL record with 17 wins in a row.
The Oilers are 23-3-0 in their last 26 games and have gone a franchise-record 13 consecutive games allowing two or fewer goals.
LIGHTNING 6, COYOTES 3 >>
Nikita Kucherov had a goal and two assists to retake the NHL lead in points and Steven Stamkos recorded his 1,100th career point with a power-play goal as Tampa Bay beat Arizona.
Kucherov increased his season point total to 83 and moved ahead of Colorado's Nate MacKinnon (82). Kucherov also reached 50 assists in fewer than 50 games for the third time in his career, one of only nine players to accomplish the feat.
RED WINGS 3, FLYERS 0 >>
Alex Lyon made 29 saves for his third career shutout, Andrew Copp scored his 100th goal and Detroit silenced slumping Philadelphia.
Dylan Larkin scored, extending his point streak to 10 games, Mortiz Seider also had a goal and Lucas Raymond added two assists.
BRUINS 3, SENATORS 2, OT >>
Brad Marchand scored at 1:48 of overtime and Boston edged Ottawa.
David Pastrnak and Trent Frederic also scored for the Atlantic Divisionand Eastern Conferenceleading Bruins.
CANADIENS 4, ISLANDERS 3>>
Sean Monahan scored his second goal of the game with 2:12 remaining as Montreal beat New York.
Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield each had a goal and an assist for Montreal, which snapped a threegame losing streak. Sam Montembeault stopped 43 shots and was credited with an assist on Monahan's first goal.
HURRICANES 3, DEVILS 2 >>
Sebastian Aho and Teuvo Teravainen each had a goal and an assist, leading Carolina over New Jersey.
New Jersey coach Lindy Ruff was struck in the face by a puck during the second period. He stayed behind the bench initially, but didn't come out for the third period. Associate coach Travis Green ran the team the rest of the way.
Alexandre Carrier and Filip Forsberg scored 35 seconds apart to open a three-goal third period, Juuse Saros made 22 saves and Nashville came back to beat Minnesota.
PREDATORS 3, WILD 2 >> BLUE JACKETS 5, FLAMES 2 >>
Columbus got goals form Alexandre Texier, Dmitry Voronkov and Adam Fantilli to break a 2-2 tie and beat Calgary.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PACIFIC DIVISION
Vancouver Vegas Edmonton Kings Seattle Calgary Ducks
San Jose
Winnipeg Colorado Dallas Nashville St. Louis Arizona Minnesota Chicago
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Boston Florida Tampa Bay Toronto Detroit Montreal Buffalo Ottawa
N.Y. Rangers Carolina Philadelphia New Jersey N.Y. Islanders Washington Pittsburgh Columbus
GP W
48 48 44 45 47 48 48 48
CENTRAL DIVISION
46 48 48 48 46 47 48 49
GP W
48 47 49 46 48 48 48 44 47 47 49 46 48 46 44 47
Thursday's results
Today's games
Saturday's games
Sunday's games
32 28 28 22 20 21 16 13
GP W
30 31 29 26 24 23 21 14 30 29 26 24 25 20 21 18
GP W
29 27 25 24 20 22 21 15
L OT Pts GF GA
11 14 15 14 18 22 30 31
L OT Pts
11 14 13 21 20 21 22 33
L OT Pts
9 14 18 14 18 21 23 24
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
15 15 18 19 17 18 17 23
Dallas 4, Ducks 3, OT Tampa Bay 6, Arizona 3 Detroit 3, Philadelphia 0 Montreal 4, N.Y. Islanders 3 Boston 3, Ottawa 2, OT Carolina 3, New Jersey 2 Nashville 3, Minnesota 2 Edmonton 3, Chicago 0 Columbus 5, Calgary 2 5 6 1 9 9 5 2 4 5 3 6 1 2 3 5 2 9 4 5 8 5 7 4 2 3 5 6 3 11 6 6 9
Florida at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Vegas at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Kings at Colorado, 6 p.m.
St. Louis at Seattle, 7 p.m.
Kings at St. Louis, 11 a.m. Columbus at Seattle, 6 p.m. 69 62 57 53 49 47 34 30 65 65 64 53 50 49 47 30 69 62 57 56 55 47 46 38
L OT Pts
61 59 56 51 51 50 48 39 181 123 156 131 156 123 144 121 133 139 148 155 123 166 101 191
Boston at Philadelphia, 9:30 a.m. Washington at Dallas, 11 a.m. Buffalo at San Jose, 1 p.m. Nashville at Edmonton, 1 p.m. Arizona at Carolina, 4 p.m. Montreal at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Toronto at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 4:30 p.m. Vegas at Detroit, 5 p.m.
Ducks at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Chicago at Calgary, 7 p.m. Columbus at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
GF GA
146 105 185 152 178 147 147 148 133 146 142 144 147 163 105 176
GF
GA
167 126 152 123 169 161 162 148 169 156 134 172 141 153 149 158
GF GA
152 135 160 143 145 142 158 162 141 163 111 141 133 121 141 175