
NHL: Oilers win franchise-record 10th straight game
Evan Bouchard scored on a power play 2:01 into overtime to lift the Edmonton Oilers to their franchise-record 10th straight victory, 2-1 over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.
Leon Draisaitl had the other goal and Stuart Skinner stopped 23 shots as the Oilers improved to 18-3-0 in their last 21 games.
Connor McDavid assisted on the winning goal, giving him a 10-game point streak with five goals and 11 assists.
Draisaitl has seven goals and four assists during the win streak and Skinner has won seven straight starts with a .951 save percentage.
Cole Caufield scored and Sam Montembault made 39 saves for the Canadiens, who lost for the seventh time in nine games.
DIX DE SUITE #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/dzNAsUDqX5
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) January 14, 2024
Kraken rally for 9th straight victory
Jared McCann scored two goals and set up another and the Seattle Kraken rallied for a 7-4 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets, their ninth in a row.
Oliver Bjorkstrand had a goal and two assists and Brian Dumoulin added a goal and an assist for the Kraken, who have the longest win streak in the franchise’s three-year history. Seattle is 11-0-2 in its past 13 games, a stretch that directly followed an eight-game losing streak.
Joey Daccord made 30 saves to win his eighth consecutive start, posting a 1.49 goals-against average in that span.
FRANCHISE RECORD WINS IN A ROW!!
— Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) January 14, 2024
LET’S KEEP THIS THING ROLLING pic.twitter.com/ZRVPmbFUuB
Devils snap Panthers’ 9-game winning streak
Nico Daws turned aside 35 shots and Alexander Holtz and Jesper Bratt scored first-period goals as the New Jersey Devils stopped the Florida Panthers’ 9-game winning streak, 4-1.
Erik Haula and John Marino had the other goals for the Devils, who improved to 6-2-1 in their last nine games.
Sam Reinhart tallied his 31st goal as Florida tasted defeat for the first time since Dec. 21. He has 13 goals in his last 10 games and has scored in each of the last six.
Matthew Tkachuk assisted on the goal to extend his point streak to eight games (seven goals, 10 assists).
Nico had himself a day. pic.twitter.com/fFU2u3mmqA
— New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) January 14, 2024