Crosby then moved past Sakic with an assist on Drew O'Connor's sixth goal of the season later in the ... high 21st goal as Pittsburgh won without injured center Evgeni Malkin. McDavid finished with three assists. Leon Draisaitl scored twice to boost ...

The Penguins got the best of the Oilers through sheer hard work and smart defensive strategy — and a little star power from both teams.

The Pittsburgh Penguins had lost seven consecutive games to Edmonton before Thursday evening. They had been outscored in those games, 37-9, and might have been outplayed even more than those numbers suggest.

Not only is Crosby top-ten in all-time regular season scoring, he currently sits tied for fifth with Penguins' legend Jaromir Jagy with 201 playoff points. In 180 playoff games, Crosby has scored 71 goals, compared to Jagr's 78, and 130 assists, compared to Jagr's 123.

Thursday night brought us one of the NHL’s more interesting interconference matchups. Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers squared off with Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Crosby then moved past Sakic with an assist on Drew O’Connor’s sixth goal of the season later in ... high 21st goal as Pittsburgh won without injured center Evgeni Malkin. McDavid finished with three assists. Leon Draisaitl scored twice to boost ...

Crosby then moved past Sakic with an assist on Drew O'Connor's sixth goal of the season ... won without injured center Evgeni Malkin. McDavid finished with three assists. Leon Draisaitl scored ...

The Oilers erase a multi-goal deficit for the third time in four games to clinch their fourth straight victory on Thursday night in a 4-3 comeback win over the Avalanche at Ball Arena

In a wild track meet of a game, with Colorado scoring the first three goals, then Edmonton the next four, the Oilers won 4-3 in Denver on Thursday night. In total, the Grade A shots were 17 for the Oilers, eight for the Avs, with the subset of more dangerous 5-alarm shots nine for Edmonton, five for Colorado.

The Avalanche and Oilers always put on a fantastic show, but Colorado fans would be forgiven if they chose to switch to something new halfway through this episode.

We are beyond the halfway point of the 2024-25 NHL season, and that means the NHL trade deadline is the next big target date on the schedule. It is

Dylan Cozens and Tage Thompson also scored and Jason Zucker had two assists for the Sabres, who won for the third time in four games. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 35 saves. Jaccob Slavin and Martin Necas scored and Brent Burns had two assists in the Hurricanes’ second straight loss. Dustin Tokarski made 20 saves.