NHL roundup: Oilers hand Rangers 3rd straight home shutout loss

Stuart Skinner made 30 saves Tuesday night and the Edmonton Oilers earned a 2-0 victory over the New York Rangers, who were shut out in a third straight home game.

New York's 180-minute scoreless streak on home ice to start the season is the second longest in league history and the longest by an active franchise, according to NHL Stats. The longest home scoreless streak to begin a season was 187:19 by the defunct Pittsburgh Pirates in 1928-29.

Skinner made four saves during a New York power play midway through the third period. He made a chest save on a long attempt from defenseman Adam Fox and three point-blank stops on Artemi Panarin during a high-sticking penalty to Brett Kulak.

Trent Frederic scored on a breakaway midway through the second period as the Oilers improved to 2-0-1 in their first three games after starting slowly in recent seasons. Adam Henrique added an empty-net tally with 1:08 left.

Maple Leafs 7, Predators 4

Oliver Ekman-Larsson, John Tavares and William Nylander each recorded a goal and two assists as Toronto defeated visiting Nashville.

Auston Matthews scored twice for the Maple Leafs, who had lost two in a row. Toronto's Jake McCabe logged a goal and an assist, and Bobby McMann also scored. Matthew Knies contributed three assists. Cayden Primeau made 26 saves in his first start with the Maple Leafs.

Michael McCarron, Erik Haula, Roman Josi and Nick Perbix scored for the Predators, who split the first two matchups of their four-game road trip. Perbix also had an assist, and Justus Annunen stopped 21 shots.

Canadiens 5, Kraken 4 (OT)

Cole Caufield's second goal of the night came with 1:35 remaining in overtime as host Montreal beat Seattle.

Rookie Ivan Demidov forced overtime with a late goal and added an assist as the Canadiens registered their third straight win. Alex Newhook and Kirby Dach also scored for Montreal, and

Sam Montembeault made 18 saves.

Jared McCann scored in his third consecutive contest and had an assist for Seattle, which has five points through three games this season. Jaden Schwartz and Jani Nyman scored while Jani Nyman stopped 17 shots.

Capitals 3, Lightning 2 (OT)

Defenseman Jakob Chychrun scored 1:19 into overtime, fueling the host Washington to a victory over Tampa Bay.

Tom Wilson scored the Capitals' first power-play goal of the season and added two assists. Aliaksei Protas also tallied, Dylan Strome notched two assists and Logan Thompson made 17 saves to propel Washington to its third straight victory.

Jake Guentzel scored a goal in the first period and Brayden Point added a power-play goal in the third for the Lightning. Andrei Vasilevskiy turned aside 25 shots.