Connor McDavid claimed another slot in the NHL record book and goaltender Tristan Jarry collected his first shutout of the season as the host Edmonton Oilers beat the Calgary Flames 4-0 on Wednesday.
McDavid set an NHL record by collecting at least one assist in a 13th consecutive game to start a season. He set up a pair of tallies.
Mathieu Joseph, Mattias Ekholm, Kasperi Kapanen and Alex Formenton scored for the Oilers, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also notched two assists. Jarry made 24 saves to record his 24th career shutout.
Calgary starting goalie Devin Cooley left the game after the first period due to a lower-body injury sustained when Edmonton forward Colton Dach crashed into him. Cooley stopped eight of nine shots he faced. Dustin Wolf made 20 saves in relief.
Kraken 5, Maple Leafs 4
Brandon Montour scored on a slap shot from just inside the top of the right faceoff circle with 33 seconds remaining as Seattle defeated visiting Toronto after blowing a two-goal lead in the third period. The Maple Leafs tied the score at 18:30 on a goal by Auston Matthews, who also had two assists.
Chandler Stephenson had a goal and an assist and Mackie Samoskevich and Matty Beniers added two helpers for the Kraken, who wrapped up a 3-1-0 homestand. Berkly Catton, Josh Mahura and Ryker Evans also scored, and Philipp Grubauer made 17 saves.
Rookie Gavin McKenna scored a pair of power-play goals and had an assist for the Maple Leafs, who dropped to 1-2-0 on their four-game trip. Jack Roslovic also tallied and had an assist and Darren Raddysh had two assists. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 12 of 17 shots.
Capitals 5, Flyers 2
Jordan Kyrou and Alex Tuch each scored two goals to guide Washington to a home victory over Philadelphia.
Logan Thompson finished with 23 saves for the Capitals, including a huge stop on Trevor Zegras with the hosts clinging to a one-goal lead in the third period. Dylan Strome notched three assists, Jack St. Ivany and Pierre-Luc Dubois each had two and Aliaksei Protas also scored for the Capitals.
Sean Couturier and Matvei Michkov netted goals for the Flyers, who have dropped three straight games (0-2-1). Joseph Woll made 25 saves.
Avalanche 5, Devils 2
Nazem Kadri and Parker Kelly scored 1:02 apart early in a four-goal third period to break a tie game, and Colorado beat New Jersey in Denver.
Kadri also added an assist, Jaden Schwartz had a goal and an assist and Gabriel Landeskog and Nathan MacKinnon also scored for the Avalanche, who lost defenseman Josh Manson to a lower-body injury late in the first period. Brent Burns’ two assists moved him into 10th place all-time in points by a defenseman with 950. Sam Malinski also had two assists, and Mackenzie Blackwood turned away 20 shots for Colorado.
Connor Brown scored his first two goals of the season and Jake Allen made 39 saves for the Devils, who had their four-game winning streak snapped.