Oilers fall 4-3 in shootout as Flames rout Leafs 5-2
Connor McDavid extended his season-opening points streak to 12 games with 34 points despite Edmonton's loss, while Calgary won its fourth straight.
The Edmonton Oilers lost 4-3 in a shootout to the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night, with Lucas Raymond scoring the only shootout goal after also notching two assists in regulation. Vasily Podkolzin, Isaac Howard and Colton Dach scored for Edmonton, which has now lost two straight games and lost forward Zach Hyman to what appeared to be a concussion. Tristan Jarry made 26 saves in the loss. Detroit goaltender Michal Postava, a 24-year-old undrafted netminder from Czechia making his first career start, stopped 25 shots in regulation and three more in the shootout.
Connor McDavid picked up an assist in the game, extending his season-starting points streak to 12 games and giving him an NHL-best 34 points. The streak set a team record for most points before Nov. 1 and matched the longest season-opening assist streak in NHL history, a mark previously shared by Sebastian Aho, Ken Linseman and Wayne Gretzky.
Elsewhere, the Calgary Flames beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 to make it four straight wins. Matvei Gridin scored twice, Mikael Backlund added a goal, and Joel Farabee and Martin Pospisil scored into an empty net. Farabee and Matt Coronato each extended point streaks to five games. Easton Cowan and William Nylander scored for Toronto, whose four-game win streak ended; Auston Matthews assisted on Nylander's goal to reach 800 career NHL points, the fastest Leaf to the mark.
In other NHL action Monday, the Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Rangers 6-3, with Drew Doughty recording a goal and two assists.
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