Leon Draisaitl scored twice as the Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Rangers 3-1, while the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-1.
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Leon Draisaitl scored twice and Connor McDavid also had a goal as the Edmonton Oilers held off the New York Rangers 3-1 on Monday night to sweep their season series.
Devon Levi made 28 saves for Edmonton as it improved to 8-1-0, while the Rangers fell to 10-8-1. Jaroslav Chmelar scored a short-handed goal for New York.
The Oilers took an early lead 6:42 into the first period when McDavid finished after Dylan Garand gave away the puck. Draisaitl then extended Edmonton’s lead to 2-0 at 2:59 of the second period.
After a brief 5-on-3 power play, the Rangers got back within one goal when Chmelar beat Levi on a breakaway for his second goal of the season. In the third, New York pulled Garand for an extra skater and took a penalty that led to a 6-on-4 advantage.
Draisaitl scored again by picking off a backpass and lofting the puck into an empty net from his own zone for his NHL-best 18th goal. The goal extended his goal-scoring streak to four games and his point streak to six.
The roundup also reports that Philadelphia beat Vancouver 3-1. Michael Bunting and Travis Konecny scored in the first two periods for the Flyers, with Travis Sanheim adding an empty-net goal.
Jonathan Lekkerimaki scored on a power play with 7:16 remaining for Vancouver, which dropped to 3-16-1. Joseph Woll stopped 18 shots for Philadelphia, and Leevi Merilainen made 14 saves for the Canucks.
In the other game included in the roundup, Ivar Stenberg scored the only goal in a shootout after eight rounds as the San Jose Sharks beat the New York Islanders 3-2 in San Jose to snap a five-game losing streak.
The Sharks received goals from Toffoli in regulation and Stenberg in regulation as well, with Askarov stopping 30 shots. The Islanders got goals from Ben Hutton and Victor Eklund, and Ilya Sorokin stopped 37 shots.
Toffoli had a goal and an assist, and Stenberg’s regulation goal came late in the first period after Toffoli sent a shot toward the net that Stenberg redirected past Sorokin to tie the game at 1.
San Jose rallied again from a goal down midway through the second when Toffoli’s shot deflected off Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech and into the net, sealing a 3-2 finish and setting up the shootout. In the shootout, Stenberg scored the only goal after eight rounds.
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