EDMONTON, Alberta — Leon Draisaitl had a purpose and three assists, Connor McDavid had a purpose and an help, and Edmonton beat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Monday night time in Kris Knoblauch’s debut as Oilers coach.
Zach Hyman and Evander Kane additionally scored for Edmonton and Stuart Skinner stopped 32 photographs. The Oilers received their first house victory of the season and received their second straight win general after shedding 4 in a row.
Mathew Barzal scored for the Islanders and Ilya Sorokin completed with 28 saves. New York 5 in a row, together with 4 straight in regulation.
It was Knoblauch’s first recreation since taking on for the fired Jay Woodcroft on Sunday following the Oilers’ 3-9-1 begin.
AVALANCHE 5, KRAKEN 1
SEATTLE — Mikko Rantanen and Ross Colton scored two minutes aside halfway via the second interval and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Seattle Kraken 5-1 on Monday night time.
Cale Makar, Jonathan Drouin, and Valerie Nichuskin additionally scored for the Avalanche. Nathan MacKinnon had three assists, and Devon Toews and Tomas Tatar every had two for Colorado.. Alexandar Georgiev had 18 saves as Colorado received two of three within the season collection, with the highway group successful every time.
The win was coach Jared Bednar’s three hundredth, coming in his 550th recreation. He is the franchise’s all-time winningest coach.
Brandon Tanev scored his first of the season for Seattle, making his return to motion after struggling a decrease physique damage within the season opener at Vegas on Oct. 10. Joey Dacord completed with 26 saves.
