Edmonton, Alberta: Leon Draisaitl scored twice and Cam Talbot made 31 saves for his third shutout of the season, helping the Edmonton Oilers beat the Western Conference-leading Chicago Blackhawks 5-0 on Monday night. Oscar Klefbom, Andrej Sekera and Anton Slepyshev also scored for the Oilers.
Corey Crawford made 22 saves in the loss as the Blackhawks had a two-game winning streak snapped.
Teenage captain Connor McDavid had two assists for Edmonton. The 19-year-old set up a goal 2:39 in by skating the length of the ice before centering the puck for Klefbom, who blasted a shot past Crawford.
McDavid also assisted late in the first when Draisaitl tipped in Klefbom’s shot from the point on a power play for a 2-0 lead.
In Pittsburgh, J.T. Miller scored short-handed to cap a second-period rally, helping New York overcome an early two-goal deficit to beat Pittsburgh 5-2.
The teams play again on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden to complete a pivotal, early season home-and-home between Metropolitan Division contenders. The Penguins have lost four of six and trail the first-place Rangers by four points.
Jamie Benn flicked in a goal 1:23 into overtime, lifting Dallas over Minnesota 3-2. Benn took a cross-ice pass from Tyler Seguin in the left faceoff circle and shot over goalie Darcy Kuemper’s right shoulder.
The Stars had lost five straight overtime games and nine in a row going back to last season. Their last overtime win at home was on Nov. 14, 2015 — also 3-2 against the Wild.
Dallas twice took one-goal leads, but the Wild answered each time.
The Stars’ Jamie Oleksiak scored his first in more than two years on a rebound at 7:19 of the second period. Nino Niederreiter tied the game on the power play at 17:22 of the second. Brett Ritchie gave Dallas a 2-1 lead at 1:01 of the third, but three minutes later, Erik Haula scored for Minnesota.
