Draisaitl and McDavid fuel Oilers' 4-3 OT win over Islanders – Edmonton

Leon Draisaitl had a pair of goals, including the overtime winner, and Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists to fall just one point shy of 1,000 for his career as the Edmonton Oilers won their second straight game at the hands of the New York Islanders to beat by 4-. 3 on Tuesday.

McDavid was able to get the puck to Draisaitl, who scored from a difficult angle 1:52 into overtime on Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin, his 12th goal of the season.

Evan Bouchard also had a goal and two assists for the Oilers (8-7-1), who have now won six straight home games against the Islanders and are 12-1-0 against New York in their last 13 games in Edmonton . McDavid has now recorded seven points in his last two games after scoring a total of just two points in the previous four games.

Anders Lee scored a pair of goals and Kyle Palmieri also scored for the Islanders (6-6-4), who have lost two in a row.

Netminder Stuart Skinner made 19 saves for the Oilers, while Sorokin made 38 stops for the Islanders.

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TAKEAWAY

Islanders: With his goal and assist, Palmieri moved ahead of Brock Nelson for the team lead in goals (seven) and past Bo Horvat for a team-high 14 points in 16 games. Palmieri had 33 points in 55 games two years ago and 54 points in a full 82-game season last season.

Oilers: Superstar captain McDavid recorded four points, putting him just one point shy of becoming the 99th player in NHL history to reach the magical 1,000-point plateau for his career. With 658 games now played, when McDavid reaches the milestone he will likely become the fourth-fastest player ever to reach the milestone – behind only Wayne Gretzky (424), Mario Lemieux (513) and Mike Bossy (656). At 27 years old, he will also likely be the fourth-youngest player ever to reach 1,000 points.

KEY MOMENT

The Islanders came back from a two-goal deficit midway through the third period, scoring with the goalie pulled and 2:41 into the picture when Jean-Gabriel Pageau made a nice feed to Lee in the slot and he buried his second goal of the game. game and sixth of the season to send the game to extra time.

KEY STAT

It was exactly one year ago that Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch took over for Jay Woodcroft and ironically coached his first NHL game against the Islanders the next night. It's been quite a successful stretch so far for Knoblauch, who entered his 85th game behind the bench for Edmonton with a 53-25-6 record – the fifth-best points percentage of any team in that span – and of course guided the Oilers all the way to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final last season.

NEXT

Islanders: Visit the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday.

Oilers: Host the Nashville Predators on Thursday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 12, 2024.

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