NEW YORK — After years of being tormented by their longtime nemesis from Chicago, the Edmonton Oilers gained a measure of revenge Monday night with a 5-0 victory over the Blackhawks at Rogers Place Arena.
Cam Talbot made 31 saves for the shutout as Edmonton beat Chicago for just the third time in the past 13 meetings. Leon Draisaitl scored twice and added an assist.
While the Oilers were 1-5-0 in their previous six games, the Blackhawks were one of the hottest teams in the league, going 11-1-2 in their previous 14 games.
Oscar Klefbom got the Oilers going with his third goal in three games at 2:39, and Draisaitl added to the lead with a power-play goal at 19:26.
Connor McDavid assisted on both goals to increase his total to a league-leading 16 on the season.
With 7.6 seconds left in the second period and Chicago’s Marcus Kruger just stepping out of the penalty box, Andrej Sekera made it 3-0 with a shot from the point.
Anton Slepyshev and Draisaitl added third-period goals to put the game away.
Avalanche 3, Blue Jackets 2 (OT): Matt Duchene, back after missing four games with a concussion, scored at 1:49 of overtime to lift Colorado at Nationwide Arena.
The well-rested Avalanche took advantage of a Columbus team playing its second game in as many nights. Tyson Barrie and Erik Johnson also scored for Colorado, which got 40 saves from Semyon Varlamov.
In what seems to be the new “normal” for the Blue Jackets, Cam Atkinson scored the tying goal with seven seconds left in regulation. It was his second goal of the game and seventh of the season. Curtis McElhinney made 24 saves for the Blue Jackets.
Rangers 5, Penguins 2: Three straight New York goals in the second period negated a smashing NHL debut by Pittsburgh’s Jake Guentzel as the Rangers prevailed over the Penguins.
Rick Nash, Michael Grabner and J.T. Miller scored in the second period after Guentzel scored his first two goals, including one on his first shift and first shot, in the first period. Kevin Hayes added an insurance goal at 12:46 of the third period and Derek Stepan had an empty-netter.
Elsewhere it was: Stars 3, Wild 2 (OT); Predators 3, Lightning 1; Sabres 4, Flames 2; Sharks 4, Devils 0.
