Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each had an objective and 2 helps and the Edmonton Oilers won their 16th straight video game to move within among connecting the NHL record, beating the Nashville Predators 4-1 on Saturday.
Edmonton will try to connect the record set by the 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins when they return from the All-Star break to dip into Vegas on 6 February. The Oilers matched the 2016-17 Columbus Blue Jackets for the second-longest streak.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Zach Hyman likewise scored and Stuart Skinner made 28 conserves to assist Edmonton enhance to 29-15-1. The Oilers are 24-3-0 in their last 27 and have a franchise-record streak of 14 video games without permitting more than 2 objectives.
Colton Sissons scored for Nashville. The Predators who have actually lost 3 of 4.
Edmonton opened the scoring on a power play at 7:55 of the very first duration. Nugent-Hopkins moved into the high slot and took a feed from Draisaitl before letting loose a fast wrist shot that beat goalie Kevin Lankinen for his 12th objective of the season.
The Oilers’ power play came through once again with 8:21 left in the 2nd. McDavid sent it throughout to Draisaitl for a one-timer and his 23rd. The objective was Draisaitl’s 800th profession point, making him the fourth-fastest gamer to reach the turning point, doing so in 683 video games.
McDavid made it 3-0 at 9:12 of the 3rd. He swung behind the web and banked the puck off of Lankinen’s behind from behind the objective line for his 20th.
Sissons ended Skinner’s nothing quote with 6:33 throughout a scramble in front of the internet, the very first objective permitted by Edmonton in 158 minutes.
Hyman topped the scoring with an empty-netter for his 30th of the season.