Connor McDavid scored on a coast-to-coast move in the opening minute and added an assist to extend a pair of personal streaks to 15 games as the Edmonton Oilers remained unbeaten on the road with a 4-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday night.
McDavid scored his ninth goal 50 seconds into the contest and extended his season-opening point streak to 15 games for the second time in his career. He began the 2021-22 season with a 17-game point streak. He extended his season-opening assists streak to 15 games by recording the secondary assist on Evan Bouchard’s power-play goal 9:49 into the second period.
McDavid finished the game with 39 points and became the fastest player to reach 30 assists in an NHL season. Wayne Gretzky reached 30 assists in 16 games in 1984-85, when he finished with 73 goals and 208 points for the Oilers. Colton Dach scored twice for the Oilers, who matched the 1983-84 team for the best road start in franchise history at 7-0. Bouchard and Leon Draisaitl contributed two assists apiece.
Pavel Dorofeyev scored in the second for the Rangers, who dropped their fourth straight and fell to 1-5-1 in their past seven. Goaltender Matt Tomkins made 27 saves in his Edmonton debut. Tomkins made his seventh career NHL appearance and first since April 17, 2024. New York rookie Dylan Garand stopped 21 shots.
Hurricanes 7, Jets 0
Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 26 shots to earn his 10th consecutive victory as Carolina routed Winnipeg in Raleigh, N.C.
Sean Walker scored twice and Juuso Valimaki, Sebastian Aho, Logan Stankoven, Mark Jankowski and Jesperi Kotkaniemi also scored as the Hurricanes rolled to their fourth consecutive win. Seth Jarvis, Nikolaj Ehlers, Shayne Gostisbehere and Stankoven each posted two assists.
Kochetkov matched the second-longest winning streak to begin a season in NHL history, tying Carey Price’s string 10 years ago for Montreal. The Jets dropped their ninth game in a row, going 0-7-2 during the stretch.
Wild 5, Capitals 1
Quinn Hughes and Michael McCarron scored in the first six minutes, and Minnesota pulled away for a win over Washington in Washington, D.C.
Maxim Shabanov, Kirill Kaprizov and Danila Yurov also scored for Minnesota. Joel Eriksson Ek and Bobby Brink notched two assists apiece and goaltender Jesper Wallstedt stopped 26 of 27 shots.
Justin Sourdif scored the lone goal for the Capitals, whose three-game winning streak came to an end. Goaltender Logan Thompson allowed four goals on 28 shots.
Flyers 6, Mammoth 3
Travis Konecny registered a goal and an assist in his return to the lineup as host Philadelphia topped Utah.
Konecny missed the previous 10 games with a lower-body injury. He helped Philadelphia set a season high for goals and defeat Utah for the first time in five all-time meetings.
Christian Dvorak and Noah Cates each added a goal and an assist for the Flyers, who snapped a three-game losing streak and won for just the fourth time in 16 games this season.
Logan Cooley notched a goal and an assist for the Mammoth, who have alternated wins and losses over their last eight games
Ducks 6, Senators 3
Cutter Gauthier had a hat trick and host Anaheim scored six unanswered goals to rally past Ottawa.
Judd Caulfield had two goals and an assist and Leo Carlsson had three assists for the Ducks, who won for the second time in nine games (2-6-1). Laurent Brossoit made 19 saves.
Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist and Jonas Johansson made 27 saves for the Senators, who have lost three of their past four games (1-2-1).