On a night their captain made history, the Edmonton Oilers extended their win streak to a season-best three games with a 3-2 overtime victory over the Nashville Predators at Rogers Place on Thursday (Nov. 14).
Playing his 659th NHL regular season game, Connor McDavid scored and picked up an assist to surpass 1,000 career points. With his goal early in the second period, the Oilers centre reached 1,000 points in the fourth fewest number of games, behind only Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, and Mike Bossy.
Defenceman Darnell Nurse had the other two goals for Edmonton, including the game-winner at 2:33 of overtime, and assisted on McDavid’s tally. Nurse both tied his single-game high with two goals and equalled his career-best with three points.
Edmonton now has an incredible record of 13-1-1 in its last 15 games against the Predators. With the victory, the Oilers improve to 9-7-1 and move more than one game above .500 for the first time in 2024-25.
But while there was a lot to be happy about for the Oilers, Thursday’s win covers up some ongoing concern for the defending Western Conference champs. Here’s the good and bad takeaways from Edmonton’s defeat of Nashville:
McDavid Gets Point No. 1,000
Rogers Place erupted and McDavid’s teammates spilled off the bench to congratulate him when the Oilers captain got career point No. 1,000 with a goal at 2:44 of the second period, tying the game 1-1.
McDavid doesn’t often show a lot of joy when he scores, but his face lit up following the goal and he continued wearing a huge smile after returning to the bench. His emotion revealed how much the achievement meant to him, and that he was allowing himself to enjoy the moment.
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Fittingly, the goal was set up by two of McDavid’s closest friends who have been his teammates since he entered the NHL in 2015, Nurse and Leon Draisaitl.
After gathering up a Nashville turnover, Nurse sprung Edmonton’s dynamic duo on a two-on-one break, and Draisaitl passed to McDavid, who beat Predators netminder Scott Wedgewood with a shot to the near post.
“He could have three guys all over him, I would have still tried to get him,” Draisaitl, who should join the 1,000-point club himself sometime during the 2025-26 season, said during a post-game chat with media. “I think every…
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