Oilers’ 16-game streak ends in Vegas
Chandler Stephenson scored the go-ahead goal, Adin Hill stopped 30 shots and the Vegas Golden Knights brought an end to the Edmonton Oilers’ 16-game winning streak with a 3-1 victory on Tuesday night.
Edmonton was looking to tie the 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins for the longest NHL win streak.
Instead, with the game tied 1-1 after two periods at Las Vegas, Stephenson took a pass from Jonathan Marchessault and ripped a shot from the center of the left circle to beat Edmonton goalie Stuart Skinner blocker side to put the Golden Knights in front by a goal less than two minutes into the third period.
From there, Hill was spectacular in keeping the Oilers at bay while keeping the crowd energized until the final horn.
Hill, who came in leading the NHL in goals-against average (1.94) and save percentage (.936), made the save of the night when he stymied Leon Draisaitl on a backdoor one-timer late in the third period.
Nic Roy and William Karlsson also scored for the Golden Knights.
Connor McDavid scored for the Oilers. Skinner made 23 saves.
Elias Lindholm scored two power-play goals in similar fashion in his
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first game with Vancouver and J.T. Miller provided the winning goal in the Canucks’ victory at Carolina. Lindholm, a veteran center who began his career with the Hurricanes, had one goal in each of the first two periods as the Canucks returned from the All-Star break and increased their points streak to 12 games.
Andrei Kuzmenko scored in his Calgary debut, Nazem Kadri had three assists and the Flames won at Boston. Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and two assists and Connor Zary also
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scored for the Flames, who held Boston to five shots in the second period in a listless return from the All-Star break for the Bruins.
John Marino scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period and Vitek Vanecek made 35 saves as New Jersey snapped a two-game skid with a win at home.
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Jake Oettinger stopped 47 shots and Sam Steel scored midway through the second period, helping Dallas win at Buffalo for its fourth straight victory. Matt Duchene also scored as Dallas celebrated Joe Pavelski’s 1,300th NHL game by continuing the team’s strong play of late.
Noah Cates scored the go-ahead goal 2:36 into the third period, and Philadelphia snapped its five-game losing streak with a win at Florida.
Tristan Jarry stopped 24 shots in his NHL-leading sixth shutout this season and Pittsburgh shut out visiting Winnipeg.
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Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovsky each scored twice, and Montreal handed host Washington a fifth consecutive loss, despite Alex Ovechkin recording his 10th goal of the season and 832nd of his NHL career.
John Marino scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period and Vitek Vanecek made 35 saves as New Jersey beat visiting Colorado.
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WESTERN CONFERENCE
PACIFIC DIVISION
Vancouver Vegas Edmonton Kings Seattle Calgary Ducks
San Jose
Dallas Colorado Winnipeg St. Louis Nashville Arizona Minnesota Chicago
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Boston Florida Tampa Bay Toronto Detroit Montreal Buffalo Ottawa
N.Y. Rangers Carolina Philadelphia N.Y. Islanders Pittsburgh New Jersey Washington Columbus
GP W
50 51 46 48 50 50 50 51
CENTRAL DIVISION
50 51 48 49 51 48 49 50
GP W
50 50 50 48 50 50 50 47 50 49 51 50 47 48 48 50
Tuesday’s results
Today’s games
34 30 29 23 21 23 18 14
GP W
31 32 30 26 26 23 21 14 31 31 27 25 26 21 22 20
GP W
31 28 26 21 23 25 22 16
L OT Pts GF GA
11 15 16 15 19 22 30 32
L OT Pts GF GA
13 15 13 21 23 22 23 34
L OT Pts GF GA
10 15 18 15 18 21 24 25
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
16 16 19 17 17 20 19 24
Vancouver 3, Carolina 2 Philadelphia 2, Florida 1 Pittsburgh 3, Winnipeg 0 Montreal 5, Washington 2 Calgary 4, Boston 1
Dallas 2, Buffalo 1
New Jersey 5, Colorado 3 Vegas 3, Edmonton 1 5 6 1 10 10 5 2 5 6 4 5 2 2 3 5 2 9 4 5 8 6 8 4 2 3 5 6 12 7 3 7 10 73 189 129 66 166 139 59 161 127 56 152 132 52 140 147 51 153 156 38 129 170 33 107 199 68 185 152 68 194 160 65 148 112 54 141 153 54 153 160 49 143 147 47 149 166 30 105 177 71 174 132 66 159 129 59 175 164 58 168 153 58 176 161 50 141 177 48 147 157 42 158 170
L OT Pts GF GA
65 163 143 61 165 147 58 149 149 54 146 168 53 141 126 53 166 171 51 117 151 42 148 184
Dallas at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.