After handily dispatching the Canucks to extend their win streak to six, the Rangers continued their Canadian tour with a matchup against the Oilers.
The one thing you absolutely don’t want to do against the Oilers is get into penalty trouble. The Rangers wasted no time doing so. Vincent Trocheck was called for goalie interference, and Edmonton’s league-best powerplay wasted little time in capitalizing. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins set up Zach Hyman for a deflection in the crease, and though Igor Shesterkin made the initial save, the puck bounced back to Nugent-Hopkins and he backhanded it home. Connor McDavid was credited with the secondary assist, giving him his hundredth point of the season.