National Hockey League
Edmonton 3, Ottawa 1
When: 8:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 22, 2024
Where: Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta
Referees: Graedy Hamilton, Kyle Rehman
Linesmen: Joe Mahon, Bevan Mills
Attendance: 18347

Zach Hyman extended his goal streak to six games and Stuart Skinner made 20 saves as the Edmonton Oilers moved into second place in the Pacific Division with a 3-1 victory over the visiting Ottawa Senators on Sunday night.

Hyman's go-ahead goal in the second period enabled him to match his career-high goal streak. Viktor Arvidsson had a goal and an assist and Adam Henrique also scored for Edmonton, which won for the 11th time in its last 13 games and leapfrogged the Los Angeles Kings into second place, three points behind the first-place Vegas Golden Knights.

Nick Cousins scored for Ottawa, which had a six-game win streak -- its longest since March of 2017 -- snapped.

Linus Ullmark, who entered the contest with a personal seven-game win streak for the Senators, departed at the end of the first period with an upper-body injury after making six saves. Leevi Merilainen, who picked up his first NHL win on Saturday at Vancouver, finished up and stopped 12 of 14 shots.

Edmonton took a 1-0 lead at the 14:26 mark of the first period when Arvidsson knocked in Connor McDavid's crossing pass from the left corner inside the right post.

Ottawa tied it 25 seconds into the second period when Cousins stole the puck from Evan Bouchard at the blue line and then went in on a breakaway and roofed a wrist shot into the top-left corner of the net.

Hyman put the Oilers back in front with a power-play goal, sweeping in a rebound of a Arvidsson shot into an open right side of the net for his 10th over the last nine games.

Henrique extended the lead to 3-1 early in the third period with his first goal in 16 games dating back to Nov. 16, burying a wrist shot from the high slot off a Mattias Janmark setup.

Ottawa pulled Merilainen for an extra attacker with 3:21 remaining but Skinner turned away all four Senators shots on goal down the stretch to seal the win.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Ottawa   Edmonton
Nick Cousins 1 Points Viktor Arvidsson 2
Nick Cousins 1 Goals Viktor Arvidsson 1
Nick Cousins 0 Assists Viktor Arvidsson 1
N/A Power Play Goals Zach Hyman 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Leevi Merilainen .857 Save Percentage Stuart Skinner .952
Leevi Merilainen 12 Saves Stuart Skinner 20
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Ottawa 21 1 0-1 4-5 12 29
Edmonton 21 3 1-5 1-1 4 19
Upcoming Games
  • Edmonton will play their next game on the road against Los Angeles. The Oilers have a W/L % of .650 after a win and .571 after a loss.
  • Ottawa will play their next game on the road against Winnipeg. The Senators have a W/L % of .526 after a win and .533 after a loss.