Thursday in the NHL | A 15th victory in a row for the Oilers

Oilers shut out Blackhawks 3-0

Connor McDavid scored twice and added an assist, Calvin Pickard posted a 27-save shutout and the Edmonton Oilers posted a 15^e victory in a row by defeating the Chicago Blackhawks 3-0 on Thursday.

Zach Hyman was the other Oilers scorer and Leon Draisaitl had three assists for the Oilers, who became the fifth team in National Hockey League history to win 15 consecutive games.

The record is 17, achieved by the Pittsburgh Penguins from 1992-93. The Oilers are 23-3-0 in their last 26 games and have not allowed more than two goals in their last 13 games.

The Blackhawks, for their part, have lost their last three meetings. They haven’t won in their last 19 road outings.

Petr Mrazek blocked 31 pucks in the loss.

McDavid has had at least one point in his last 17 games in Edmonton.

The Oilers have won all three games against the Blackhawks this season.

Shane Jones, The Canadian Press

Alex Lyon scores his 3^e career shutout in Wings win

Alex Lyon made 30 saves for his third career shutout, guiding the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday.

Andrew Copp scored his 100^e goal in the National Hockey League. He hit the target outnumbered.

Dylan Larkin and Moritz Seider also scored for the Michigan club, which bounced back from a 5-4 loss to the Dallas Stars on Tuesday.

Larkin extended his streak to 10 games with at least one point and Lucas Raymond collected two assists.

Samuel Ersson stopped 14 pucks for the Flyers, who lost a fourth straight game. They were shut out for a second time this season.

Patrick Kane missed a fifth straight game with a lower body injury. For the Flyers, Owen Tippett’s name was placed on the injured list Tuesday due to a lower body injury.

Dana Gauruder, Associated Press

The Lightning defeats the Coyotes 6-3

Nikita Kucherov scored a goal and added two assists to regain first place in National Hockey League scoring in a 6-3 victory for the Tampa Bay Lightning against the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday.

The 30-year-old Russian has 32 goals and 83 points in 48 games since the start of the campaign. He leads Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon by one point.

Steven Stamkos reached the 1,100-point plateau with a goal in the victory. Mitchell Chaffee scored his first goal on the Bettman circuit.

Brayden Point, Darren Raddysh and Luke Glendening also scored for the Lightning, who won a fifth straight home game.

Andrei Vasilevskiy blocked 17 pucks.

Clayton Keller had a goal and an assist for the Coyotes. Sean Durzi and Lawson Crouse were the other scorers for the visitors. Connor Ingram gave up six times on 37 shots.

Erik Erlendsson, Associated Press

Brad Marchand decides in overtime for the Bruins

The Boston Bruins let a two-goal lead slip away, but Brad Marchand scored the winning goal at 1:48 of overtime to give his team a 3-2 victory against the Ottawa Senators on Thursday.

David Pastrnak and Trent Frederic also threaded the needle for the Bruins. Jeremy Swayman blocked 35 pucks.

Thomas Chabot and Vladimir Tarasenko responded for the Senators. Joonas Korpisalo stopped 20 shots.

With the Bruins leading 2-1, Josh Norris thought he had tied the game at 13:18 of the third, but the referees indicated that a hand pass had taken place during the sequence.

Shane Pinto was playing his first home game since returning from a 41-game suspension. Defender Travis Hamonic was absent due to an upper body injury.

Lisa Wallace, The Canadian Press

The Hurricanes have the upper hand over the Devils 3-2

Teuvo Teravainen had a goal and an assist in a 3-2 victory for the Carolina Hurricanes against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday.

Devils head coach Lindy Ruff was hit in the face by a puck in the second period. He initially stayed behind his team’s bench, but did not return to start the final third. Associate coach Travis Green coached the remainder of the game.

Sebastian Aho and Jordan Staal also scored for the Hurricanes, who have won three of their last four games. Antti Raanta made 23 saves.

Justin Dowling and Jesper Bratt scored for the Devils in the third period. Dowling played his first game in a Devils uniform.

Devils goalie Nico Daws was removed from the game after giving up three goals on 12 shots. In relief, Vitek Vanecek repelled the 11 shots aimed at him.

It was the first duel between the two teams since the Hurricanes defeated the Devils in five games in the second round of the last Stanley Cup playoffs.

The Hurricanes are 10-2-1 since Christmas.

Bob Sutton, Associated Press

The Predators come from behind to win 3-2 against the Wild

Alexandre Carrier and Filip Forsberg scored within 35 seconds of a three-goal third period for the Nashville Predators, who came from behind to defeat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Thursday.

Roman Josi scored his 10^e goal of the season and added an assist, while Ryan O’Reilly added two assists to his record. The Predators have lost three of their last four games, but are 21-11-1 in their last 33.

Joel Eriksson Ek scored his 21^e net of the campaign, a peak for the Wild. He hit the target in a third straight game and had a point in his last six.

Matt Boldy, for his part, threaded the needle for a 16^e times. Filip Gustavsson stopped 25 pucks.

The Wild hadn’t lost this season when leading after two periods, going 14-0-1 in such circumstances before this meeting.

Brian Hall, Associated Press

A 4^e straight defeat for the Flames

A short-handed goal from Alexandre Texier in the second period proved to be the winning net on Thursday as the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Calgary Flames 5-2.

The Ohio club was the last in the National Hockey League that had still not scored short of a man this season.

Yegor Chinakhov, Damon Severson, Dmitri Voronkov, and Adam Fantilli also found the back of the net for the Blue Jackets, who have lost just two of their last eight regulation games on the road.

Daniil Tarasov made 28 saves to score the victory. He has three out of nine decisions.

MacKenzie Weegar and Connor Zary were the scorers for the Flames, who lost a fourth straight game. Jacob Markstrom stopped 27 pucks.

With a one-goal deficit, the Flames tried to come from behind for the eighth time this season after 40 minutes of play.

Quebec’s Jonathan Huberdeau, however, received a major penalty for giving way to Jack Roslovic at 11:28 and their opponents took the opportunity to increase their lead.

Darren Haynes, The Canadian Press