Edmonton defeated the New York Rangers 3-1 at Rogers Place on 9 November, with Leon Draisaitl scoring twice and Connor McDavid keeping his season-opening points streak alive. The result brought the Oilers a second consecutive victory.
Three goals across three periods
The scoring log records McDavid's opener at 6:42 of the first period. Draisaitl added the second at 2:59 of the middle period, assisted by Vasily Podkolzin and Mattias Ekholm. Chmelar replied short-handed before Draisaitl sealed the win into an empty net.
A different test for each team
Reuters reported that McDavid's scoring sequence reached 19 games, although his run of games with an assist stopped at 18. New York's three-game winning streak ended.
The Rangers' man advantage was the unresolved problem. They went 0-for-5 on the power play, according to the New York Post's match report. Their short-handed goal kept the contest within reach, but the power-play chances did not produce an equalizer. The result illustrates why a scoring streak and an assist streak must be tracked separately: McDavid extended one while the other finished.
Archive photograph, not from this match: Connor McDavid in Washington, 2 February 2022. Brian Murphy / All-Pro Reels, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized; photograph retains its original proportions.
Source: www.reuters.com
