Leon Draisaitl scores in OT, Mike Smith stops 51 shots to lead Oilers
Goaltender Mike Smith and forward Leon Draisaitl stole the spotlight for the Edmonton Oilers in a game that featured NHL superstars Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid.
Smith stopped 51 shots and Draisaitl scored in overtime to give the visiting Edmonton Oilers a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.
“It was obviously a pretty busy night for me,” Smith said. “(Pittsburgh) came at us hard and kind of put us back on our heels. We stuck with it and found a way to get two more big points.”
Draisaitl gave the Oilers the second point with the overtime winner.
Draisaitl had Alex Galchenyuk on his back when he flipped a rolling puck past Matt Murray on a breakaway 2:37 into overtime for his NHL-best 13th goal of the season. He’s the first Oiler with 13-plus goals through the team’s first 15 games since Wayne Gretzky in 1987-88. He’s also the first in team history to reach 26-plus points in 15 games since Mark Messier in 1989-90.
Draisaitl had 12 goals and 25 points in October and has seven goals and 10 points during a five-game point streak.
Crosby and McDavid met for the seventh time head-to-head in a battle of generational talents. It was the first time McDavid’s Oilers bested Crosby and the Penguins.
Rangers 2, Predators 1: Alexandar Georgiev made 32 saves to lead New York past host Nashville. Filip Chytil and Ryan Strome scored for the Rangers, who have won three of four.
Bruins 5, Senators 2: David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists as host Boston beat Ottawa, in a game in which the Senators’ Scott Sabourin was taken to a hospital for evaluation after being taken off on a stretcher. Sabourin was taken from the ice with his head immobilized following a collision with David Backes.
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