{"id":428600,"date":"2023-03-06T23:01:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T04:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=428600"},"modified":"2023-03-06T23:02:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T04:02:36","slug":"mcdavid-extends-points-streak-to-11-oilers-beat-sabres-3-2","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/mcdavid-extends-points-streak-to-11-oilers-beat-sabres-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"McDavid extends points streak to 11, Oilers beat Sabres 3-2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Connor McDavid extended his points streak to 11 with ninth game-winning goal of the season as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Monday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc4f ROAD W \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oilers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Oilers<\/a> beat the Sabres by a score of 3-2. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LetsGoOilers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#LetsGoOilers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ou1F4kqfeB\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ou1F4kqfeB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdmontonOilers\/status\/1632940927194103808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>McDavid scored twice, giving him an NHL-leading 54 goals this season, and the Oilers (35-22-8) moved into a tie with Seattle for third in the Pacific Division. Ninth-place Buffalo are locked in a four-way tie with teams with 68 points.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oilers Connor McDavid is on the verge of setting the NHL&#39;s single-season points record in the Salary Cap Era <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6lt8JY3pUi\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/6lt8JY3pUi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNstats\/status\/1632946566137798659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Oilers captain McDavid, aiming for his third Hart MVP Trophy in eight NHL seasons, upped his league-leading points total to a career-best 124 \u2014 one more than he finished with last year \u2014 and enjoyed his 12th multi-goal game of the season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd2f 124 \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p>Connor McDavid (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cmcdavid97?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@cmcdavid97<\/a>) has a shiny new career-high point total! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ARgwPCKV5n\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ARgwPCKV5n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NHL (@NHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHL\/status\/1632933479171215360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During his impressive points streak 11 games, McDavid scored 12 goals and added 15 assists.<\/p>\n<p>Derek Ryan also hit the target for the Oilers, who improved to 5-4-3 in their past 12, and bounced back from a 7-5 loss at the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Stuart Skinner stopped 36 shots as his best stop came with 4:13 remaining when he reached out to stab Ilya Lyubushkin&#8217;s shot from the high slot.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Skinner and Dylan Cozens scored for the Sabres, who played without injured C Tyson Jost and Ds Mattias Samuelsson and Riley Stillman. 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