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McDavid Racks Up Four Points in 800th Game as Oilers Beat Kings

Edmonton scored three first-period goals in a 4-1 win at Los Angeles on Frozen Frenzy night. The Kings fell to 0-3-2 and are still hunting a first win.

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McDavid Racks Up Four Points in 800th Game as Oilers Beat Kings

Key points

  • Connor McDavid picked a loud stage for a milestone.
  • Edmonton scored three times in the first period and never let Los Angeles back in.
  • McDavid set up the opener midway through the first, sliding the puck to Leon Draisaitl, who buried his fourth goal of the season.

Connor McDavid picked a loud stage for a milestone. In his 800th NHL game, on a night when all 32 teams played at once, McDavid piled up four points in the first 40 minutes and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1.

Edmonton scored three times in the first period and never let Los Angeles back in. The Kings, 0-3-2, are still looking for their first win of the season.

Three goals in one period

McDavid set up the opener midway through the first, sliding the puck to Leon Draisaitl, who buried his fourth goal of the season. Sixty seconds later the Oilers were on a power play. McDavid drove down the left wing, his shot was kicked aside by Darcy Kuemper, and Vasily Podkolzin buried the rebound for his sixth of the year.

McDavid finished the period himself. He collected a flipped puck on the fly, moved in alone and deked to his backhand to make it 3-0. Kuemper did not come back for the second period. Anton Forsberg finished the game in the Kings net.

Los Angeles got its only goal late in the second, when defenseman Brandt Clarke scored his first of the season. McDavid added his third assist of the night on Podkolzin's empty-net goal with 2:18 left, Podkolzin's second of the game.

The rest of Frozen Frenzy

Tuesday was the NHL's Frozen Frenzy, all 32 teams on the ice on the same night. The biggest results beyond Edmonton:

**Bruins 6, Sharks 3.** Charlie McAvoy scored in his season debut after serving a six-game suspension. Fraser Minten scored twice and Jeremy Swayman made 35 saves as Boston won its third straight. Macklin Celebrini had a goal and an assist for San Jose, and rookie Ivar Stenberg scored his first NHL goal.

**Jets 5, Wild 2.** Mark Scheifele had a goal and two assists and Kyle Connor added a goal and an assist for Winnipeg. Kirill Kaprizov scored both goals for Minnesota.

**Mammoth 5, Maple Leafs 4.** Utah built leads of 4-1 and 5-2, then held on as John Tavares and rookie Gavin McKenna led a third-period push that fell one goal short.

**Avalanche 3, Stars 2.** Colorado edged Dallas in a one-goal game between two of the West's early pace-setters.

**Flames 4, Ducks 2.** Martin Pospisil broke a tie with 4:22 left in Anaheim and Yegor Sharangovich added an empty-net goal.

**Golden Knights 5, Predators 2.** William Karlsson scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and Vegas added two more in the third.

The Florida Panthers' 7-3 win over Columbus, and the Tkachuk brothers' NHL first, are covered in full elsewhere on The Orbit Post.

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