Connor McDavid accomplished what the home fans wanted to see Thursday, then let them go home happy as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 in overtime.

After collecting his 1,000th career NHL point in the second period, McDavid fed Darnell Nurse in the three-on-three overtime with a no-look behind-the-back pass. Nurse’s one-timer went past Nashville goaltender Scott Wedgewood to extend the Oilers’ winning streak to three games.

Nurse finished with two goals and an assist, while McDavid had a goal and an assist, becoming the fourth fastest and fourth youngest to reach 1,000 points. Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl had two assists, the second assist on the winning goal. Calvin Pickard made 21 saves to earn the victory.

The Predators got goals from Michael McCarron and Cole Smith, the latter tying the game with 2:48 left in regulation. Wedgewood stopped 31 shots.

Flyers 5, Senators 4 (OT)

Matvei Michkov scored with 55 seconds left in overtime as Philadelphia rallied for a road victory over Ottawa.

Michkov’s game-winning goal came from a sharp angle, as he sent the puck off Linus Ullmark’s pad and into the net. His sixth goal of the campaign – and his first career goal in overtime – capped an impressive comeback for the Flyers, who trailed 4-2 with less than 10 minutes remaining in regulation.

Ullmark finished with 14 saves and Josh Norris had a goal and an assist for the Senators, who had won their previous two games.

Lightning 4, Jets 1

Andrei Vasilevskiy became the fastest goaltender to earn his 300th career victory, and host Tampa Bay kept pace with Winnipeg.

Vasilevskiy stopped 23 shots for the Lightning to secure a historic victory in his 490th career game, breaking the 61-year-old record held by Hall of Famer Jacques Plante (528 games). Vasilevskiy, 30, became the 40th goaltender to eclipse 300 career wins.

Holding the best record in NHL history with a 15-1-0 record to start the season, the Jets got a goal from Adam Lowry, while Eric Comrie made 25 saves.

Devils 6, Panthers 2

Jesper Bratt recorded his second career hat trick and Stefan Noesen scored twice, propelling New Jersey to a victory in Sunrise, Florida.

Dawson Mercer also scored, and Jack Hughes and Nico Hischier had three assists each for New Jersey. The Devils beat the Panthers for the second time in three days and have won seven of their last nine games overall.

Jake Allen stopped 25 shots for the Devils to beat Sergei Bobrovsky (23 saves) and send the Panthers to their second loss after a seven-game winning streak. Florida’s Sam Reinhart and Jesper Boqvist scored.

Sabers 4, Blues 3 (OT)

Rasmus Dahlin scored a power play goal to put host Buffalo past St. Louis.

Ryan McLeod and Alex Tuch each had a goal and an assist for the Sabres, who won for the fourth time in five games. Zach Benson also scored for Buffalo and Devon Levi made 24 saves.

Brandon Saad scored twice for the Blues, who lost for the seventh time in nine games (2-6-1). Pavel Buchnevich also scored and Brayden Schenn had two assists for St. Louis. Jordan Binnington made 29 saves.

Stars 7, Bruins 2

Dallas never trailed and used three goals in 5:34 late in the second period to beat visiting Boston, sweeping the teams’ two-game series.

Evgenii Dadonov recorded his first multi-goal game of the season, scoring on a penalty shot in the first period before capping the Stars’ rapid-fire streak in the second with just 10.6 seconds left in the period.

Charlie Coyle and David Pastrnak scored goals, and Jeremy Swayman (31 saves) allowed a career-high seven goals for the Bruins, who were on a three-game point streak (2-0 -1).

Kraken 3, Blackhawks 1

Jaden Schwartz scored his 200th career goal as Seattle beat Chicago.

Matty Beniers and Brandon Tanev also scored for the Kraken, who improved to 3-0-0 during their six-game homestand. Goalkeeper Joey Daccord made 18 saves.

Ryan Donato scored for the Blackhawks and Petr Mrazek stopped 23 of 25 shots. Chicago suffered its third defeat in four games.

Wild 3, Canadians 0

Filip Gustavsson stopped all 19 shots he faced as Minnesota pulled away to beat Montreal in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Matt Boldy, Marco Rossi and Kirill Kaprizov scored for the Wild, who have won three of their last four games.

Canadiens goaltender Sam Montembeault suffered an unlucky loss despite stopping 25 of 27 shots. He fell to 4-8-1 this season.

Rangers 3, Sharks 2

Mika Zibanejad and Jimmy Vesey scored 94 seconds apart in the second period and host New York rallied to beat San Jose for the ninth time in 11 games (9-0-2).

Vincent Trocheck scored New York’s third goal midway through the period. Igor Shesterkin made 25 saves after allowing five goals each in his previous two starts.

Timothy Liljegren scored 2:51 into the game and Fabian Zetterlund scored a power-play goal with the extra attacker with 27 seconds left for the Sharks, who are 5-3-1 since opening with a nine-game skid (0 -7-2). Mackenzie Blackwood made 32 saves.

Islanders 5, Canucks 2

Scott Mayfield and Pierre Engvall scored early in the second period for New York, which extended its point streak by beating host Vancouver.

Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored late in the first period before Anders Lee and Noah Dobson added goals in the third for the Islanders, who are 3-0-2 in their last five games. Bo Horvat and Grant Hutton each had two assists, and Lee also finished with two points.

New York goalie Semyon Varlamov made 24 saves and his counterpart Kevin Lankinen stopped 27 shots. Jonathan Lekkerimaki scored his first NHL goal 2:40 into the game and Tyler Myers scored late in the third period for the Canucks, who lost two of three.

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