Connor McDavid scored the game’s lone goal and Stuart Skinner provided a shutout to power the host Edmonton Oilers to a 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday.
Leon Draisaitl and Darnell Nurse picked up assists as McDavid scored on his 28th birthday.
Skinner made 30 saves for his second shutout of the season while Darcy Kuemper stopped 29 of the 30 shots that he faced in the Kings’ crease. The Kings have lost back-to-back games in regulation for the first time in two months.
During four-on-four play, Draisaitl fed a pass to Nurse, who was unable to bury his one-timer. But McDavid found the back of the net on the rebound to give the Oilers the lead at 18:37 of the second period.
Flames 5, Blackhawks 2
Jakob Pelletier had two goals and an assist and Rory Kerins earned two assists in his NHL debut to boost Calgary past host Chicago.
Goaltender Dustin Wolf made 23 saves in the win, improving to 3-0-0 against the Blackhawks this season. Chicago lost for the ninth time in 11 games, falling by multiple goals for the seventh time during that span.
Calgary entered the game with just 24 first-period goals this season, fewest in the NHL. The Flames moved past that trend in a big way, scoring three goals in the first period.
Flyers 4, Panthers 3
Noah Cates scored his second goal of the game with 5:51 remaining to propel host Philadelphia to a comeback win over Florida.
Morgan Frost and Garnet Hathaway also scored for Philadelphia, which overcame a 2-0 deficit to back-to-back games after losing four straight. Samuel Ersson made 20 saves for the Flyers.
Sam Reinhart tallied a pair of goals for Florida, which suffered its first one-goal loss in regulation all season. Uvis Balinskis also scored for the Panthers, while Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves against his former team.
