The Lightning stops the Jets’ winning streak

Predators 2, Oilers 3 (P)

Connor McDavid let Darnell Nurse score in overtime after collecting the 1,000th point of his career in regulation, and the Edmonton Oilers were able to win 3-2 against the Nashville Predators at Rogers Place.

Before giving the Oilers (9-7-1) their third straight win with an assist on Nurse’s net, McDavid scored his sixth goal of the season to tie the game 1-1 at 2:44 of the second. time and find himself with a total career of 1,000 points. He hit the mark with a one-timer from the right circle after a two-on-one attack by Leon Draisaitl.

Then came Davidson the 99th player in history to reach the 1000 point plateau. He did it in his 659th NHL game, making him the fourth fastest behind Wayne Gretzky (424 games), Mario Lemieux (513) and Michael Bossy (656). He was also, at 27 years and 306 days, the fourth-youngest player in Major League history to score his 1,000th point, behind Gretzky (23 years, 328 days), Lemieux (26 years, 171 days) and Steve Yzerman (27). year, 291 days).

The Alberta team captain then let Nurse cap off a three-point night (two goals, one assist) when he scored the game-winning goal at 2:32 of overtime. McDavid made a pass behind his back, towards Nurse, and was able to take a one-timer from the right circle.

On the play, Draisaitl collected his second assist of the evening.

McDavid extended his streak of games with at least one point to 15 against the Predators (5-9-3), finding himself with a total of 36 points (10 goals, 26 assists) during the this series. It is his current longest active streak against a specific opponent, tied with the one against the New Jersey Devils.

Calvin Pickard made 21 saves in his sixth start this season in net for the winners. He is now 4-2-0 this season.

Cole Smith, who tied the game 2-2 at 17:12 of the third period, and Michael McCarron scored for Nashville, which suffered its fifth loss in six outings (1-3-2).

Scott Wedgewood stopped 31 shots in his fourth start of the campaign, now posting a 1-2-1 record.