NHL overview: Connor McDavid becomes 4th fastest to reach 1,000 points

Connor McDavid accomplished what the home fans wanted to see on Thursday, then sent them home happy as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Nashville Predators 3-2 in overtime.

After collecting his 1,000th career NHL point in the second period, McDavid fed Darnell Nurse in the three-on-three extra period with a behind-the-back pass without looking. Nurse’s one-timer flew past Nashville goalie Scott Wedgewood and extended the Oilers’ winning streak to three games.

Nurse finished with two goals and an assist, while McDavid had a goal and an assist as he became the fourth fastest and fourth youngest to reach 1,000 points. Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl had a pair of assists, including the secondary helper on the game-winning goal. Calvin Pickard made 21 saves for the win.

The Predators got goals from Michael McCarron and Cole Smith, with the latter tying the game with 2:48 remaining in regulation. Wedgewood stopped 31 shots.

Flyers 5, Senators 4 (OT)

Matvei Michkov scored with 55 seconds left in overtime as Philadelphia rallied for a road win over Ottawa.

Michkov’s game winner came from an acute angle, as he fired the puck from Linus Ullmark’s path into the net. His sixth goal of the campaign – and the first overtime goal of his career – capped an impressive comeback for the Flyers, who trailed 4-2 with less than 10 minutes left in regulation time.

Ullmark finished with 14 saves and Josh Norris had a goal and an assist for the Senators, who had won their previous two games.

Lightning 4, Jets 1

Andrei Vasilevskiy became the fastest goaltender to earn his 300th career win, and host Tampa Bay pulled off a win over Winnipeg.

Vasilevskiy stopped 23 shots for the Lightning to secure the milestone victory in his 490th career game, breaking Hall of Famer Jacques Plante’s 61-year-old record (528 games). Vasilevskiy, 30, became the 40th netminder to eclipse 300 career wins.

The Jets had the best record ever in the NHL, starting a season 15-1-0. They got a goal from Adam Lowry, while Eric Comrie made 25 saves.

Devils 6, Panthers 2

Jesper Bratt scored his second career hat trick and Stefan Noesen scored two goals to lift New Jersey to a victory in Sunrise, Florida.

Dawson Mercer also scored, and Jack Hughes and Nico Hischier each had three assists for New Jersey. The Devils defeated the Panthers for the second time in three days, winning seven of their past nine games overall.

Jake Allen turned aside 25 shots as the Devils outlasted Sergei Bobrovsky (23 saves) and sent the Panthers to their second loss after a seven-game winning streak. Florida’s Sam Reinhart and Jesper Boqvist scored.

Sabers 4, Blues 3 (OT)

Rasmus Dahlin scored a power-play goal in overtime to lift host Buffalo past St. Louis.

Ryan McLeod and Alex Tuch each had a goal and an assist for the Sabres, who won for the fourth time in five games. Zach Benson also scored for Buffalo and Devon Levi made 24 saves.

Brandon Saad scored twice for the Blues, who lost for the seventh time in nine games (2-6-1). Pavel Buchnevich also scored and Brayden Schenn earned two assists for St. Louis. Jordan Binnington made 29 saves.

Stars 7, Bruins 2

Dallas never trailed and used three goals in a span of 5:34 late in the second period to breeze past visiting Boston and snap the team’s two-game season series.

Evgenii Dadonov scored his first multi-goal game of the season, scoring on a first-period penalty shot before capping the Stars’ fast-paced stretch in the second period with just 10.6 seconds left in the period.

Charlie Coyle and David Pastrnak scored goals, and Jeremy Swayman (31 saves) allowed a career-high seven goals for the Bruins, who were on a three-game losing streak (2-0-1).

Kraken 3, Blackhawks 1

Jaden Schwartz scored his 200th career goal as Seattle defeated visiting Chicago.

Matty Beniers and Brandon Tanev were also good for the Kraken, who improved to 3-0-0 in their six-game homestand. Goalkeeper Joey Daccord made 18 saves.

Ryan Donato scored for the Blackhawks and Petr Mrazek stopped 23 of 25 shots. Chicago suffered its third loss in four games.

Wild 3, Canadians 0

Filip Gustavsson stopped all 19 shots he faced as Minnesota pulled away to beat Montreal in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Matt Boldy, Marco Rossi and Kirill Kaprizov scored for the Wild, who have won three of their past four games.

Canadiens goalie Sam Montembeault suffered a tough loss despite deflecting 25 of 27 shots. This season he dropped to 4-8-1.

Rangers 3, Sharks 2

Mika Zibanejad and Jimmy Vesey scored 94 seconds apart in the second period and host New York rallied to beat San Jose for the ninth time in 11 games (9-0-2).

Vincent Trocheck scored New York’s third goal in the middle period. Igor Shesterkin made 25 saves after allowing five goals each in his previous two starts.

Timothy Liljegren scored 2:51 into the game and Fabian Zetterlund scored a power-play goal with the extra attacker with 27 seconds left for the Sharks, who are 5-3-1 since the opener with a nine-game skid ( 0 -7-2). Mackenzie Blackwood made 32 saves.

Islanders 5, Canucks 2

Scott Mayfield and Pierre Engvall scored early in the second period for New York, which extended its points streak by beating host Vancouver.

Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored late in the first period before Anders Lee and Noah Dobson added goals in the third for the Islanders, who are 3-0-2 in their past five games. Bo Horvat and Grant Hutton each had two assists, and Lee also finished with two points.

New York goalkeeper Semyon Varlamov made 24 saves, and counterpart Kevin Lankinen stopped 27 shots. Jonathan Lekkerimaki scored his first NHL goal 2:40 into the game and Tyler Myers scored late in the third period for the Canucks, who lost two of three.

–Field level media REUTERS