Top-3: sixth straight win for the Oilers – Canada Boosts

Nothing was going proper for Connor McDavid’s crew, as they headed straight for a season to neglect.

This horrible begin to the season led to the dismissal of head coach Jay Woodcroft, and the Oilers have been on the mend ever since.

In truth, they’re at present on a six-game profitable streak, the longest in your entire NHL.

Final evening, the Oilers received their sixth straight recreation with a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild.

The persistence of Connor McDavid(@cmcdavid97) is a sight to behold. pic.twitter.com/k0KLlulCNs

– NHL (@NHL) December 9, 2023

With a objective and an help within the recreation, McDavid now has 21 factors in his final eight video games.

He’s actually again, and it’s as if he’s given the opposite gamers an opportunity this yr within the race for high scorer by giving them a lead.

He’s now tied for seventh within the scoring race with 34 factors (9 objectives, 25 assists), ten factors behind the NHL’s high scorer, Nikita Kucherov.

Additionally of observe within the win, defenseman Evan Bouchard scored two objectives and an help, bringing his level complete to 27, good for third finest amongst NHL defensemen, behind solely Cale Makar and Quinn Hughes.

Bouchard is on a streak of ten consecutive video games with at the very least one level.

Briefly, issues are going very nicely for the Oilers, who’re quietly climbing the standings and shutting in on a playoff spot.

By profitable their two video games in hand, they’d be only one level behind the Nashville Predators and the ultimate playoff spot.

2. First NHL win for goalie Jet Greaves
Yesterday, 22-year-old undrafted goaltender Jet Greaves performed his second profession NHL recreation with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
And for the event, he was superb, turning apart 41 of 43 photographs to earn his first profession NHL victory.

Greaves helped the Blue Jackets upset the St. Louis Blues 5-2.
Adam Fantilli scored his eighth objective of the season within the victory.

3. A seventh objective already this season for Oliver Ekman-Larsson with the Panthers
This summer season, the Vancouver Canucks purchased out the contract of defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson.
OEL was not performing, and his contract was far too onerous for the Canucks.
Ekman-Larsson turned a free agent, and the Florida Panthers took an opportunity by signing him for one yr.
Properly, to date this season, Ekman-Larsson is proving the Panthers proper to signal him, as he already has seven objectives and 7 assists this season for a complete of 14 factors in 26 video games.

He scored his seventh objective final evening within the Panthers’ 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Seven objectives is, by one, the variety of objectives Cole Caufield has this season, nevertheless it’s additionally precisely the variety of objectives OEL had scored in two seasons (133 video games) with the Vancouver Canucks.

Seven objectives in 26 video games may be very spectacular for Ekman-Larsson.

Extension

– Solely 14 years previous, Jaxon Jacobson scored two objectives final evening in his first WHL recreation.

– Listed below are yesterday’s outcomes.

– Listed below are yesterday’s high scorers.

– As we speak’s NHL schedule: 12 video games.