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Edmonton Oilers at New York Rangers

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Arvidsson scores go-ahead goal as Oilers beat Rangers 3-1

McDavid's wrister adds to Oilers' lead

Corey Perry and Connor McDavid also scored for Edmonton, which won its second-straight to complete a four-game trip. The Oilers were coming off a 2-1 overtime win over the Islanders on Friday. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had three assists and Stuart Skinner finished with 21 saves.

Will Cuylle scored for the Rangers, and Igor Shesterkin had 20 saves. New York snapped a two-game win streak.

Arvidsson beat Shesterkin with high shot at 6:09 of the third for his ninth goal of the season to put Edmonton up 2-1.

McDavid made it a two-goal lead with his 25th with 3:25 remaining.

Perry scored a power-play goal off a goalmouth scramble with 43 seconds left in the first to give Edmonton a 1-0 lead. It was the 39-year-old's 15th of the season and 444th of his career.

Cuylle tied it with his 18th at the 5-minute mark of the second.

Takeaways Rangers: New York lost its third straight at home to slip to 16-15-3 at Madison Square Garden.

Oilers: Edmonton improved to 19-13-2 on the road.

Key moment Skinner stopped Rangers forward J.T. Miller at 9:40 of the third on the power play, then denied Adam Fox with 6:39 left.

Key stat Edmonton forward Leon Draisaitl also assisted on Perry’s goal. Draisaitl leads the Oilers with 101 points, including 52 assits. Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon has 103 points to lead the NHL.

Up next Oilers host Utah on Tuesday, and Rangers host Calgary.

Regular Season Series

EDM wins series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 19:17 Corey Perry Goal (15) Backhand, assists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (24), Leon Draisaitl (52)
Goal 2nd Period 5:00 Will Cuylle Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Artemi Panarin (43), Vincent Trocheck (26)
Goal 3rd Period 6:09 Viktor Arvidsson Goal (9) Deflected, assists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (25)
Goal 3rd Period 16:35 Connor McDavid Goal (25) Snap Shot, assists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (26), Brett Kulak (16)

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/edm.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originEDM https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/nyr.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originNYR
19 Blocked Shots 16
17 Hits 18
5 Takeaways 5
23 Shots 22
1 Power Play Goals 0
4 Power Play Opportunities 3
25.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
24 Faceoffs Won 23
51.1 Faceoff Win Percent 48.9
17 Giveaways 15
3 Total Penalties 4
6 Penalty Minutes 8
New York Rangers New York Rangers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Adam Edstrom, C Injured Reserve Apr 21
Braden Schneider, D Out Apr 21
Chris Kreider, LW Out Apr 21
Carson Soucy, D Out Apr 17
Arthur Kaliyev, RW Out Mar 18
Edmonton Oilers Edmonton Oilers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Troy Stecher, D Day-To-Day Apr 24
Mattias Ekholm, D Out Apr 14
Alec Regula, D Injured Reserve Dec 14

Game Information

Madison Square Garden

Location: New York, NY
Attendance: 18,006 | Capacity:

2024-25 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 50 22 110 10
Los Angeles 48 25 105 9
Edmonton 48 29 101 5
Calgary 41 27 96 14
Vancouver 38 30 90 14
Anaheim 35 37 80 10
Seattle 35 41 76 6
San Jose 20 50 52 12

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Washington 51 22 111 9
Carolina 47 30 99 5
New Jersey 42 33 91 7
Columbus 40 33 89 9
NY Rangers 39 36 85 7
NY Islanders 35 35 82 12
Pittsburgh 34 36 80 12
Philadelphia 33 39 76 10
Full Standings