NHL NEWS NOV 9 – SHEARY LEADS PENGUINS IN FIRST MCDAVID-CROSBY MATCHUP
Oilers captain Connor McDavid registered three assists in his first matchup against Sidney Crosby, but Penguins forward Conor Sheary scored twice – including the game-winning goal with 1:42 remaining in regulation – to lift Pittsburgh to victory.
The Penguins stretched their overall point streak to seven games (6-0-1) and improved to 6-0-1 on home ice this season.
Pittsburgh also pushed its point streak against the Oilers to 12 games dating to Dec. 5, 2007 (9-0-3).
MORE NHL NEWS NOV 9
- The Devils swept their home-and-home set w/ CAR to improve to 5-0-1 at home this season
- Red Wings forward Andreas Athanasiou (1-0—1) scored a highlight-reel goal to tie the game before notching the decisive goal in the shootout
- Detroit earned its first regular-season win in Philadelphia since Jan. 25, 1997 (4-1 W), snapping a 12-game slide (0-11-1)
- Alexandre Burrows scored twice to help the Canucks snap a nine-game slide (0-8-1)
- Rangers forward Rick Nash (1-0—1) became the sixth active player to reach the 400-goal milestone
- Flyers forward Jakub Voracek (0-2—2) eclipsed the 300-assist milestone
- Coyotes defenseman Anthony DeAngelo scored in his NHL debut, while Devils forward Nick Lappin also tallied his first NHL goal (6 GP)
- Scotiabank, the official bank of the NHL, was named title partner of the 2017 Scotiabank NHL Centennial Classic
- The Panthers acquired defenseman Dylan McIlrath from the Rangers in exchange for defenseman Steven Kampfer and a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft
- Military working dog OJ helped drop the ceremonial puck at Wells Fargo Center as part of Philadelphia’s Military Appreciation Night.
TUESDAY’S NHL RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
NEW JERSEY 3, Carolina 2 (SO)
Vancouver 5, NY RANGERS 3
Detroit 3, PHILADELPHIA 2 (SO)
PITTSBURGH 4, Edmonton 3
San Jose 3, WASHINGTON 0
Los Angeles 7, TORONTO 0
MONTREAL 3, Boston 2
NASHVILLE 3, Ottawa 1
WINNIPEG 8, Dallas 2
Arizona 4, COLORADO 2
WEDNESDAY’S NHL ACTION
All Times Eastern
Anaheim @ Columbus, 7 p.m.
Ottawa @ Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago @ St. Louis, 8 p.m.