Quick Hitters McDavid scores 200th goal in Oilers’ 5-1 win over Coyotes

GLeNdaLe, ariz. – connor Mcdavid scored twice to eclipse 200 career goals and had an assist, Zach Hyman had two goals and the edmonton Oilers remained undefeated with a 5-1 victory over the winless arizona coyotes on thursday night.

the Oilers were sharp in their first regular-season in the U.S. since March 5, 2020, due to the pandemic, scoring at least five goals for the third straight game.

Mcdavid scored in the second period to hit the 200-goal mark – two days after teammate Leon draisaitl reached the milestone – and scored his sixth goal in four games in the third. He has multiple points in every game this season and 11 overall.

Mikko Koskinen had 25 saves in his first start since Mike Smith went on injured reserve with a lower-body injury. Warren Foegele also scored for edmonton.

dysin Mayo scored in his NHL debut and Karel Vejmelka stopped 26 shots for the 0-3-1 coyotes. they allowed at least five goals for the third time this season.

the coyotes were good in their own end early after first-year coach andre tourigny switched up his defensive pairings against edmonton.

that changed late in the first period, when Foegele used some nifty stickhandling to get around Mayo and beat Vejmelka to the stick side.

the goals kept coming for the Oilers.

Herro scores 27 points, Heat wins over Bucks in opener

MiaMi – Only one thing went wrong for the Miami Heat on thursday night. Udonis Haslem voted no.

the rest went as well as anyone could have expected.

tyler Herro scored 27 points in 24 minutes off the bench, Jimmy butler added 21 and the Miami Heat opened their season with an easy 137-95 victory over the Nba champion Milwaukee bucks on thursday night.

“i mean, 137’s a lot,” Herro said. “Hopefully, we can see that a lot this season.”

bam adebayo had 20 points and 13 rebounds for the Heat, who set team records for opening night scoring and opening night margin of victory. it was nearly the biggest margin of victory in any game – falling just short of a 43-point win over the Los angeles clippers in 1994.

the previous team record for points in an opener was 128 points against detroit in 1999, and the biggest margin of victory was 26 points over Orlando in 2000. the only event that left Heat fans wanting more was when Haslem, now in his 19th season, politely declined cries from the crowd – and even some on his own bench – and didn’t check into the game in the final moments.