McDavid, Oilers blast Crosby, reeling Pens
The Edmonton Oilers are running out of words to describe Connor McDavid. The Pittsburgh Penguins may be running out of time to salvage their season.
McDavid scored twice to push his total to a careerbest 46 goals as the Oilers embarrassed Sidney Crosby and the Penguins 7-2 on Thursday night at Pittsburgh.
McDavid beat Tristan Jarry from in close in the first period and then used some dazzling stickwork to deke past backup Casey DeSmith on a penalty shot late in the third period. The 26-year-old added two assists to boost his point total to an NHL-best 109.
Leon Draisaitl picked up 35th goal for the Oilers, who improved to 10-1-5 in their last 16 games. Ryan NugentHopkins had a goal and an assist to reach 600 career points.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, FLAMES 3, OT » Alex Pietrangelo scored on a rebound 52 seconds into overtime to complete Vegas’ rally from two goals down in the third period at home to beat Calgary.
Jonathan Marchessault took a shot from the slot that nearly went into the net, but dropped behind Calgary goalie Dan Vladar. Pietrangelo was there to knock in the puck. Jack Eichel had the secondary assist for his second point of the night after earlier scoring a goal. WILD 2, BLUE JACKETS 0 » Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 30 shots for his 73rd career shutout and Minnesota won at Columbus for its fourth straight victory. Fleury is 12th on the NHL’s career shutouts list, three behind Ed Belfour and Tony Esposito, who are tied for 10th. RED WINGS 4, RANGERS 1 » Filip Zadina scored the goahead goal midway through the second period and Ville Husso made 30 saves to lift Detroit past visiting New York.
SABRES 6, LIGHTNING 5, OT » Ilya Lyubushkin scored
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PACIFIC DIVISION
Vegas Edmonton Kings Seattle Calgary Vancouver San Jose Ducks
GP W
58 35 59 32 59 32 58 32 59 27 58 23 59 18 59 18
CENTRAL DIVISION
Dallas Winnipeg Minnesota Colorado Nashville St. Louis Arizona Chicago
GP W
58 58 58 55 56 58 58 57 30 35 32 31 28 26 20 20
L OT Pts
18 19 19 20 20 30 30 34 5 8 8 6 12 5 11 7 75 72 72 70 66 51 47 43
L OT Pts
16 22 21 19 22 28 29 32 12 1 5 5 6 4 9 5
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Boston Toronto Tampa Bay Detroit Florida Buffalo Ottawa Montreal
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
Carolina
New Jersey N.Y. Rangers N.Y. Islanders Pittsburgh Washington Philadelphia Columbus
GP W
57 58 57 57 60 56 56 57
GP W
56 58 58 61 57 60 59 58
Thursday’s results
93 216 123 78 200 156 76 206 169 64 179 181 64 209 210 62 210 198 58 172 179 52 156 207
L OT Pts
New Jersey 4, Kings 3, OT Ducks 4, Washington 2 Minnesota 2, Columbus 0 Edmonton 7, Pittsburgh 2 Buffalo 6, Tampa Bay 5, OT Detroit 4, N.Y. Rangers 1 Vancouver 3, St. Louis 2, OT Vegas 4, Calgary 3, OT Boston 6, Seattle 5 Nashville 6, San Jose 2
Today’s games
44 35 36 28 29 29 27 24 38 38 33 30 27 28 23 18 72 71 69 67 62 56 49 45
L OT Pts
8 15 17 21 25 23 25 29 10 15 16 24 21 26 26 35 5 8 4 8 6 4 4 4 8 5 9 7 9 6 10 5 84 81 75 67 63 62 56 41
Buffalo at Florida, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Toronto, 4 p.m. Montreal at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Carolina, 4 p.m.
Kings at N.Y. Islanders, 4:30 p.m. Colorado at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
GF GA
190 163 225 196 200 199 202 184 192 184 199 236 176 219 149 248
GF
188 152 182 150 171 162 173 155 163 169 178 212 158 205 143 206
GF
GF
GA
GA
GA
192 148 201 157 193 160 177 171 182 185 178 177 159 190 146 214
a short-handed goal on a breakaway 1:41 into overtime, helping Tage Thompson and Buffalo win at Tampa.
CANUCKS 3, BLUES 2 » Elias Pettersson scored 4:45 into overtime, and Vancouver rallied for a victory at St. Louis.
Pettersson also had two assists for Vancouver, which trailed 2-0 after two periods. J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist, and Andrei Kuzmenko also scored.