Oilers cash in on late power play to burn Flames 2-1
CALGARY — Connor McDavid’s league-leading 31st goal to extend his point streak to 16 games was the winner on Tuesday as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Calgary Flames 2-1.
Tyson Barrie with his 100th career goal also scored for Edmonton (19-15-2), which leap frogs Calgary to move back into the second wild-card spot in the NHL’s Western Conference.
Mikael Backlund scored the lone goal for Calgary (16-13-7), which had its four-game points streak snapped. Backlund also put a shot off the goalpost in the game’s waning seconds as the Flames pressed for the equalizer.
Stuart Skinner was superb in net for Edmonton, making 47 stops and continuing his mastery of the Flames this season. In winning twice to go along with a perfect relief appearance in the teams’ other head-to-head meeting, Skinner has stopped 138-of-141 shots. On the season, he’s 11-9-1.