NHL roundup: Connor McDavid posts hat trick in Oilers' win

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[October 28, 2022] Leon Draisaitl scored the go-ahead goal with 38 seconds left and captain Connor McDavid recorded his second hat trick of the season to fuel the visiting Edmonton Oilers to a 6-5 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday.

Montreal Canadiens center Kirby Dach (77) controls the puck as he gets checked by Buffalo Sabres defenseman Casey Fitzgerald (45) during the third period at KeyBank Center. Mandatory Credit: Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Sports


Chicago's Patrick Kane cleaned up a rebound to forge a 5-5 tie with 3:11 remaining in the third period before Edmonton answered in the final minute. Evander Kane's cross-slot feed sailed past Blackhawks defensemen Caleb Jones and Seth Jones to an unmarked Draisaitl, who celebrated his 27th birthday with his fourth goal of the season.

McDavid scored twice during an eight-minute stretch in the second period before deking Chicago defenseman Jake McCabe and beating goalie Alex Stalock between the pads to give Edmonton a 5-4 lead midway into the third. McDavid has a team-leading eight goals on the season.

The Oilers went 3-for-7 on the power play to earn their third straight win while Chicago was 2-for-10 on the advantage as its four-game winning streak ended.

Flyers 4, Panthers 3

Joel Farabee had one goal and one assist, goaltender Carter Hart tied his career high with 48 saves and host Philadelphia defeated Florida.

Tony DeAngelo, Scott Laughton and Zack MacEwen each added a goal for the Flyers. Travis Konecny and Kevin Hayes contributed two assists apiece.

Gustav Forsling, Josh Mahura and Brandon Montour scored one goal apiece for the Panthers, who dropped their second in a row. Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky

stopped 18 shots.

Predators 6, Blues 2

Roman Josi had a goal and two assists as Nashville Predators defeated visiting St. Louis to end its five-game winless streak.

Tanner Jeannot, Michael McCarron, Zach Sanford, Ryan Johansen and Mikael Granlund also scored for the Predators, who were 0-4-1 since returning from the NHL's Global Series in Prague. Matt Duchene and Filip Forsberg had three assists for Nashville and goaltender Juuse Saros made 33 saves.

Robert Thomas and Brayden Schenn scored for the Blues, who have lost three consecutive games. Justin Faulk had two assists and Thomas Greiss stopped 36 of 41 shots.

Canadiens 3, Sabres 2

Josh Anderson's tiebreaking second goal late in the third period led Montreal past host Buffalo in the Habs' first game of a four-game trip.

With the game knotted at 2 and less than four minutes remaining in regulation, Anderson ripped a long shot into traffic in front of Buffalo's net. Brendan Gallagher was initially credited with his second goal of the night on a deflection but the goal was ultimately credited to Anderson, his third of the season.

Outstanding all night, goalie Sam Montembeault made a final stop of Rasmus Dahlin's one-timer from in close as time expired. Kaiden Guhle found the net for the first time in his NHL career for Montreal's other goal.

Bruins 5, Red Wings 1

Brad Marchand scored two goals and added an assist in his first game of the season after returning from double hip surgery approximately a month ahead of schedule as host Boston downed Detroit.

Marchand assisted on Charlie Coyle's goal in the first period, scored himself in the second, then started Boston's three-goal spurt over just 1:39 early in the third. David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists, while defensemen Hampus Lindholm and Derek Forbort contributed two assists apiece as Boston improved to 7-1-0.

Craig Smith added his first goal of the season and Jeremy Swayman stopped 28 shots for the Bruins, who have won four straight and improved to 6-0-0 on home ice. Adam Erne scored the lone goal and Ville Husso made 28 saves for Detroit.

Wild 4, Senators 2

Kirill Kaprizov and Frederick Gaudreau each had a goal and an assist and Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 saves as Minnesota collected a win over host Ottawa.

Mats Zuccarello and Ryan Hartman also scored for the Wild, who are on a four-game point streak (3-0-1).

The loss ended the Senators' four-game winning streak, all on home ice. A win would've given Ottawa a new franchise record for most consecutive home victories to begin a season. Alex DeBrincat had a goal and an assist for the Senators, while Thomas Chabot had Ottawa's other goal.

Stars 2, Capitals 0

Jake Oettinger made 27 saves for his first shutout of the season and Dallas defeated visiting Washington.

Jason Robertson and Joel Kiviranta each scored his third goal of the season for the Stars, who had lost two straight. Oettinger recorded his third career shutout.

Darcy Kuemper made 25 saves for the Capitals, who had won four of their past five while averaging more than four goals per game. Dallas has allowed just two goals overall in three home games this season, all wins.

Jets 6, Kings 4

Axel Jonsson-Fjallby and Blake Wheeler scored in the final six minutes to lift visiting Winnipeg to a win against Los Angeles.

Adam Lowry had a goal and an assist, Mark Scheifele, Pierre-Luc Dubois and Nate Schmidt also scored and Morgan Barron had two assists for the Jets, who have won two in a row for the first time this season. Connor Hellebuyck made 40 saves for the victory.

Trevor Moore had a goal and an assist, Arthur Kaliyev, Blake Lizotte and Gabriel Vilardi scored and Jonathan Quick made 13 saves for the Kings.

Canucks 5, Kraken 4

Elias Pettersson scored the tiebreaking goal 1:16 into the third period and Vancouver held on to beat host Seattle, becoming the last NHL team to register a victory this season.

Ilya Mikheyev scored twice and Andrei Kuzmenko, Conor Garland and Pettersson each had a goal and an assist for the Canucks. Luke Schenn had two assists and Thatcher Demko made 32 saves as Vancouver gave coach Bruce Boudreau his 600th career NHL victory.

Jamie Oleksiak, Jared McCann, Matty Beniers and Jaden Schwartz scored for the Kraken, who dropped to 1-3-1 at home. Martin Jones, filling in for the injured Philipp Grubauer, stopped 14 of 18 shots.

Sharks 4, Maple Leafs 3 (OT)

Erik Karlsson scored on a breakaway 57 seconds into overtime and San Jose defeated visiting Toronto.

Logan Couture had two goals to reach 300 for his career and added an assist for the Sharks. Timo Meier also scored, Karlsson and Alexander Barabanov added two assists each and Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 22 shots for San Jose.

Mitchell Marner had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who have lost two straight. David Kampf and Auston Matthews each scored a goal, and Alexander Kerfoot and Morgan Rielly had two assists apiece. Erik Kallgren made 27 saves.

--Field Level Media

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