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Malkin Scores In His Return, Luke Scores Lone Goal In 4-1 Loss

  Photo: Andrew MacLean The Devils took on the Penguins at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday, January 8th, where they were defeated 4-1, taking their third straight loss. The New Jersey team has been struggling lately, with one of their recent games ending in a 9-0 loss against the New York Islanders. Luke Hughes scored the lone goal for the Devils, preventing a shutout for Stuart Skinner while giving the team something to build on. For the Penguins, this is their sixth straight win. In his return after missing 15 games, Evgeni Malkin scored for Pittsburgh in their 4-1 victory. Erik Karlsson, Connor Dewar, and Blake Lizotte also scored for the Penguins. The Devils head to Winnipeg on Sunday to take on the Jets to hopefully make a comeback, while the Penguins host the Calgary Flames on Saturday, looking to extend their streak to seven. New Jersey Devils Lineup: Hughes - Hischier - Bratt Meier - Mercer - Gritsyuk Cotter - Glass - Brown Palat - Glendening - Noesen Siegenthaler - Hamilton H...
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Edmonton hits 16 straight wins, defeating the Nashville Predators 4-1 1/27/24

 




*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*


   The Predators played against the Oilers in Edmonton at Rogers Place on Saturday, January 27th. The Edmonton Oilers earned their 16th straight victory, the longest win streak in this NHL season.


Predators lineup against the Oilers:

Forsberg -  O'Reilly - Nyquist

Novak - Glass - Evangelista

Trenin - Sissons - Gurianov

Smith - McCarron - Sherwood


Josi - Fabbro

McDonagh - Schenn

Lauzon - Carrier


Saros

Lankinen


Oilers lineup against the Predators:

Draisaitl - McDavid - Hyman

Kane - Nugent-Hopkins - Foegele

Holloway - McLeod - Perry

Janmark - Ryan - Brown


Nurse - Ceci

Ekholm - Bouchard

Kulak - Desharnias


Skinner

Pickard


   Getting Edmonton the 1-0 lead, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his 12th goal of the season. Leon Draisaitl waited for some space to open up before passing it off to Nugent-Hopkins to score on the power play. Escaping the first frame with a 1-0 score, Stuart Skinner made sure to keep out any shots from the Predators.


   Leon Draisaitl earned his 800th career point with a shot from the right circle on the power play, giving the Oilers a 2-0 lead. With a couple passes, Nugent-Hopkins passed the puck to Draisaitl, who passed it to Connor McDavid, and instead of McDavid taking the shot - he sent it right back to Leon Draisaitl to earn his 800th. The final score of the middle frame was 2-0.


   Connor McDavid nets one from behind the net, giving Edmonton the 3-0 lead. McDavid scored his 20th goal of the season. Getting the first and only goal for Nashville, Colton Sissons gets one in to keep the Predators from being shutout. Zach Hyman strikes his 30th goal of the season into the empty net with 3:19 remaining in the final period.



Notes:

- Stuart Skinner made 28 saves for Edmonton

- With a goal and an assist, Leon Draisaitl got to 800 career points

- In the 2023-24 season for the Oilers, Connor McDavid hit the longest home point streak (18) in franchise history.

- Leon Draisaitl made it to the list of the fewest games to 800 NHL points with 683 games.


 

  

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