Hockey
McDavid stretches point streak to 20 as Bouchard lifts Oilers past Flyers 3-2 in overtime
Connor McDavid keeps writing history. On Wednesday night at Rogers Place, the Oilers captain picked up an assist on Zach Hyman's second goal, on the power play, to stretch his season-opening point streak to 20 games. Evan Bouchard then ended it 47 seconds into overtime with a one-timer, giving Edmonton a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers and a third straight victory.
A club of just four players
McDavid is only the fourth player in NHL history to open a season with a point in each of his first 20 games. He joins Wayne Gretzky, who did it three times including a record 51-game run in 1983-84, Mats Sundin (30 games in 1992-93) and Dany Heatley (22 in 2005-06). It is also the second 20-game streak of his career, after 2025-26, making him the eighth player in history with multiple 20-game streaks. With 49 points in 20 games — 11 goals and 38 assists — he leads the league by 14 points over Minnesota's Kirill Kaprizov and ties Mike Bossy (49 points in 1984-85) for the seventh-most points through a player's first 20 games of a season, behind Mario Lemieux (52 in 1992-93) and Gretzky (50 in 1987-88).
Bouchard, the overtime hero
It took just 47 seconds of overtime to settle it. Leon Draisaitl slid a pass across the crease to Evan Bouchard, who blasted a one-timer from the left circle, off the right post and in, for his 11th goal of the season — the most among NHL defencemen. Bouchard finished the night with a goal and an assist and played 26:31, the most ice time of any Edmonton skater. Before him, Zach Hyman had scored twice, including the second on the power play, set up by McDavid, to give Edmonton a 2-0 lead. The Flyers refused to go quietly, though: Tyson Foerster and Travis Sanheim pulled them level, the tying goal set up by Matvei Michkov amid trade speculation around the young Russian.
A team that wins every kind of game
Tristan Jarry made 30 saves for Edmonton, which was outshot 32-22 and saw Philadelphia control long stretches, including a scoreless first period in which the Flyers held a 13-6 edge in shots. Still, the Oilers (14-3-3) matched the second-best start in franchise history through 20 games, behind 1983-84 (16-3-1) and level with 1984-85 (14-3-3) — two seasons that ended with a Stanley Cup. They are now 12-0-2 when they score first this season. And the trio of McDavid (49 points), Draisaitl (37) and Bouchard (33) sits first, second and third in NHL scoring, tying the 1988-89 Kings for the fifth-most points by a trio through a team's first 20 games. Edmonton's machine is not slowing down — and neither is its captain.