The Edmonton Oilers’ spectacular win streak has reached a candy 16.
Connor McDavid had a aim and three assists because the Oilers prolonged their franchise report run to 16 consecutive wins with a 4-1 victory over the visiting Nashville Predators on Saturday.
Leon Draisaitl had a aim and two assists and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Zach Hyman additionally scored for the Oilers (29-15-1) who turned simply the third staff in NHL historical past to have a streak hit the 16 sport mark — the Columbus Blue Jackets gained 16 video games in 2016-17, and the Pittsburgh Penguins gained a report 17 straight in 1992-93.
“It is particular,” Draisaitl mentioned. “It takes numerous good efforts and numerous good video games to get to that quantity. We have now been a bit sloppy the final three video games however have clearly had some particular person performances which have gotten us the wins. You want that generally too. It has been a terrific stretch for us.”
The Oilers are actually 24-3-0 of their final 27 video games — the third staff in NHL historical past to do this as properly — and have gone a franchise-record 14 consecutive video games permitting two or fewer targets.
Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner made 29 saves to enhance to 19-2 in his final 21 begins.
“It has been actually spectacular,” Skinner mentioned of his staff’s potential to maintain the opposite staff from scoring in the course of the streak. “It has been numerous enjoyable with the ability to be on the again finish of these items. We did all the pieces we might to maintain the puck out of our web.”
Colton Sissons scored for the Predators (26-22-1), who’ve misplaced three of their final 4.
“I believed we outplayed them however sadly it does not matter when you aren’t getting two factors,” Sissons mentioned. “It nonetheless hurts.”
Edmonton began the scoring eight minutes into the opening interval on the facility play as Nugent-Hopkins slid into the excessive slot and took a feed from Draisaitl earlier than unleashing a fast wrist shot that beat Predators goalie Kevin Lankinen for his twelfth aim of the season. McDavid picked up the opposite help to increase his house scoring streak to 18 video games.
Nashville had a number of strong possibilities within the first, none higher than on their very own energy play 4 minutes later when it regarded like Luke Evangelista had a certain aim, solely to see Skinner provide you with an enormous blocker save.
Draisaitl collects 800th profession level
The Oilers’ energy play got here by means of once more with simply over eight minutes remaining within the center body as McDavid despatched it throughout to Draisaitl who unleashed a depraved one-timer for his twenty third. The aim was Draisaitl’s 800th profession level, making him the fourth-fastest participant to succeed in the milestone, doing so in 683 video games.
Edmonton gave itself a little bit of a cushion halfway by means of the third as McDavid picked the puck up in visitors and went to swing behind the web earlier than banking the puck off of Lankinen’s bottom from behind the aim line for his twentieth.
Edmonton regained its three-goal edge with three minutes left to play as Hyman was in a position to rating his thirtieth of the season into an empty web.
“I believed we performed a extremely good sport 5-on-5,” mentioned Nashville head coach Andrew Brunette. “Some self-infliction once more tonight with careless penalties and the very best energy play and the very best participant on the planet made us pay.
“I believed we created sufficient to win the sport however I feel we sort of gave up just a little bit an excessive amount of. The penalties and the power-play targets actually damage.”
