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New York Islanders at Edmonton Oilers

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Draisaitl scores in OT, McDavid closes in on 1,000 career points in Oilers' 4-3 win over Islanders

Leon Draisaitl nets OT winner for Oilers

McDavid, who has seven points in his last two games, fed the puck to Draisaitl who scored on goalie Ilya Sorokin from a tough angle 1:52 into overtime.

Evan Bouchard had a goal and two assists for the Oilers.

Anders Lee had two goals and Kyle Palmieri also scored for the Islanders.

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

Takeaways 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.

Oilers: McDavid recorded four points to move one point away from becoming the 99th player in NHL history to hit the 1,000 career points plateau. With 658 games played, when McDavid hits the mark he will likely become the fourth-fastest player to reach the milestone, after Wayne Gretzky (424), Mario Lemieux (513) and Mike Bossy (656).

Key moment The Islanders came back from trailing by two midway through the third period, scoring with their goalie pulled and 2:41 remaining as Jean-Gabriel Pageau fed Lee in the slot and he buried his second of the game to send the game to extra time.

Key stat It was a year to the day that Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch took over from Jay Woodcroft, coaching his first NHL game against the Islanders the next night. It has been a pretty successful tenure to this point for Knoblauch, who came into his 85th game behind the bench for Edmonton with a 53-25-6 record.

Up next The Islanders visit Vancouver on Thursday night while the Oilers host Nashville.

Regular Season Series

EDM leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 2nd Period 0:36 Leon Draisaitl Goal (11) Slap Shot, assists: Connor McDavid (10), Evan Bouchard (5)
Goal 2nd Period 15:58 Kyle Palmieri Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Maxim Tsyplakov (8), Brock Nelson (3)
Goal 3rd Period 0:57 Evan Bouchard Goal (4) Slap Shot, assists: Mattias Ekholm (8), Connor McDavid (11)
Goal 3rd Period 10:19 Connor McDavid Goal (5) Backhand, assists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (6)
Goal 3rd Period 12:54 Anders Lee Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Ryan Pulock (6), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (3)
Goal 3rd Period 17:20 Anders Lee Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau (4), Kyle Palmieri (7)
Goal 4th Period 1:52 Leon Draisaitl Goal (12) Snap Shot, assists: Connor McDavid (12), Evan Bouchard (6)

Statistics

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18 Blocked Shots 14
15 Hits 7
4 Takeaways 10
22 Shots 42
0 Power Play Goals 1
2 Power Play Opportunities 2
0.0 Power Play Percentage 50.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
28 Faceoffs Won 32
46.7 Faceoff Win Percent 53.3
19 Giveaways 14
2 Total Penalties 2
4 Penalty Minutes 4

Game Information

Rogers Place

Location: Edmonton, AB
Attendance: 18,347 | Capacity:

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
New Jersey 11 6 24 2
Carolina 11 4 22 0
Washington 10 4 21 1
NY Rangers 9 4 19 1
NY Islanders 6 6 16 4
Pittsburgh 6 9 15 3
Philadelphia 6 8 14 2
Columbus 5 8 12 2

2024-25 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 10 4 22 2
Los Angeles 9 6 21 3
Vancouver 8 3 19 3
Calgary 8 6 19 3
Edmonton 8 7 17 1
Seattle 7 8 15 1
San Jose 5 9 13 3
Anaheim 5 8 12 2
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