McDavid rewrites another line in the book
Thirteen games, thirteen games with an assist. Connor McDavid picked up two more on Wednesday as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Calgary Flames 4-0, and no player in NHL history has opened a season with a longer run of games with at least one.
His first came on a cross-ice pass to Mathieu Joseph, who opened the scoring at 7:46 of the first period with Edmonton’s first shot of the night. His second set up Kasperi Kapanen, who redirected a pass across the crease on the power play early in the third. Alex Formenton added a fourth about 21 seconds later. In between, Mattias Ekholm, back after a brief absence, scored in the second after a Ryan Nugent-Hopkins faceoff win. Nugent-Hopkins finished with two assists too.
McDavid’s point streak now stands at 13 games, with 36 points on eight goals and 28 assists.
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Jarry gets his shutout, Calgary loses its goalie
Tristan Jarry made 24 saves for his first shutout of the season and the 24th of his career. The win moved Edmonton back into first place in the Western Conference.
Calgary had the better of the early play and arrived on a four-game winning streak, but it lost Devin Cooley after the first period. He left with a lower-body injury after Colton Dach crashed into him, having stopped eight of nine shots. Dustin Wolf took over and made 20 saves. Forward Brennan Othmann also did not return after a fight with Ty Emberson, which ended with him on the ice without a helmet.
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