EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid had a goal and four assists to give him nine points in two games and help the Edmonton Oilers rout the Anaheim Ducks 8-2.
In a week, McDavid jumped from 108th in the NHL scoring race with 13 points into a tie for 13th with 25 points. He had four assists in a 5-0 victory at Washington.
“It´s terrible to be on the losing side of an 8-2 game, a lot of or guys are not used to seeing McDavid and the team is fast, so we´ll learn from it,” Ducks coach Greg Cronin said according to AP.
Roman Josi, meanwhile, had a goal and two assists to help Nashville beat Winnipeg 3-2, extending the Predators´ winning streak to five and ending the Jets´ run at five.
Yakov Trenin and Gustav Nyquist also scored and Juuse Saros made 33 saves.
“We´re capable of winning these tough games,” Saros said. “It´s a good sign for the whole team.”
Josh Morrissey and Cole Perfetti scored for Winnipeg. Laurent Brossoit made 24 saves. “We had some great chances, we had some good looks,” Winnipeg coach Rick Bowness said. “Saros made some timely saves.”
Trenin opened the scoring with 19.4 seconds remaining in the opening period. Josi carried the puck into the Winnipeg zone on the left side and his shot from the circle was kicked away by Brossoit.
The rebound landed right on Trenin´s stick and he had a tap-in for his fourth goal in his last five games. “I was trying just to join the rush and find the open area where it can be either pass or a rebound for me,” Trenin said. “That´s exactly what happened.”
Elsewhere, Andrei Svechnikov scored his first goal of the season with 1:55 left for the Carolina Hurricanes’ third goal in an 8:04 span in a 3-2 comeback victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets.
After Columbus scored twice early in the third, Jesperi Kotkaniemi cut it to 2-1 as Brady Skjei tied it. Svechnikov also had an assist.
Svechnikov missed the first eight games of the season while rehabbing from major knee injury. The 23-year-old All-Star then failed to score in his first 11 games.
“It was kind of a relief but I knew it was coming,” Svechnikov said. “It was the right time and the right moment in a huge win for us.”
Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 21 shots. He made his third start in four games with Frederik Andersen out with blood-clotting issues. Antti Raanta was in goal for Carolina on Friday in an 8-2 home loss to Tampa Bay.
Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and assist for Columbus. Kirill Marchenko also scored and Elvis Merzlikins made 40 saves.
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