Draisaitl scores 30th goal, McDavid gets league-best 73rd assist as Oilers beat Kraken 2-1

Sat, Mar 2, 2024
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SEATTLE (AP) - Leon Draisaitl scored his 30th goal of the season off the league-leading 73rd assist from Connor McDavid, Brett Kulak scored early in the third period, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Seattle Kraken 2-1 on Saturday.

Stuart Skinner made 24 saves and nearly posted his third shutout of the season as Edmonton won its third straight, kept the pressure on Vegas for second place in the Pacific Division and swept all four games in the season series with Seattle.

Edmonton has won six straight against the Kraken and is 9-2-0 against them since Seattle joined the NHL.

Eeli Tolvanen scored for Seattle and Philipp Grubauer finished with 24 saves.

Leon Draisaitl scores his 30th goal, Stuart Skinner makes 24 saves as Oilers top Kraken 2-1

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JETS 5, HURRICANES 3

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Sean Monahan scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:13 left and Winnipeg rallied from a three-goal deficit in the third period to beat Carolina.

After Hurricanes goalie Pyotr Kochetkov went 10 feet out in front of his crease to try to clear the puck but failed, Monahan controlled the puck and then shot it into the empty net as Kochetkov tried to scramble back.

Nino Niederreiter added an empty-net goal with 10 seconds left for his second goal of the period. Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele also scored for Winnipeg, which won for the fifth time in six games.

Sebastian Aho, Martin Necas and Teuvo Teravainen scored for Carolina. Andrei Svechnikov had two assists and Kochetkov made 28 saves as the Hurricanes lost for the third time in five games.

PANTHERS 4, RED WINGS 0

DETROIT (AP) - Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 21 shots for his fourth shutout of the season, Sam Reinhart scored his 42nd goal, and Florida beat Detroit.

Bobrovsky got his 42nd career shutout and fifth against the Red Wings, and has won nine of his last 10 starts overall.

Brandon Montour had a goal and two assists, Evan Rodrigues had a goal and an assist, and Carter Verhaeghe added a power-play goal for the Panthers. Florida, which is 28-0-3 when leading after two periods, has a league-high 21 road wins.

Alex Lyon made 33 saves for Detroit, which was blanked for the third time this season.

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