BOSTON (AP) — Connor McDavid scored on a short-handed breakaway to set up Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ power-play score to beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 against the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.
Former Boston University player Quinn Hutson added his first NHL goal as the Oilers won for the sixth time in eight games.
Edmonton goalie Tristan Jarry left with an apparent injury with 3:52 left in the second period after quickly sliding from left to right in an attempt to make a save. He stopped 12 shots in 13 chances and Calvin Pickard made 12 saves.
Pavel Zacha had a power-play score for Boston, which had won five of its last six. Jeremy Swayman made 22 saves.
Hutson scored off a rebound of Max Jones’ shot to push Edmonton ahead 2-1 with 5:22 left in the second period after Swayman made a glove stop but couldn’t handle the puck.
McDavid collected a pass from Nugent-Hopkins, skated up the middle, switched to his backhand and tucked the puck into the right post, making the score 3-1 just under two minutes into the third.
The Oilers entered on the NHL’s top-ranked power play and scored on their first chance when McDavid made a perfect feed to Nugent-Hopkins from behind the net to the right circle, where he one-timed a shot past Swayman with 6:22 left in the first.
McDavid had two goals and two assists in one win over Pittsburgh in the previous game.
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Oilers: Conclude a five-game trip at Minnesota on Saturday.
Bruins: Host Vancouver on Saturday evening.
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