Oilers Beat Blackhawks, NHL Scores

By ESPN

The Edmonton Oilers hope they are finally out of their funk.

Leon Draisaitl scored twice and Cam Talbot made 31 saves for his third shutout of the season, helping Edmonton beat the Western Conference-leading Chicago Blackhawks 5-0 on Monday night.

"They've been playing some good hockey lately so it's not an easy team to shut out by any means," Talbot said. "We played a great team game. That's a huge statement win for us tonight."

Oscar Klefbom, Andrej Sekera and Anton Slepyshev also scored for the Oilers, who have won two straight since ending a five-game skid.

Connor McDavid had two assists to move into the NHL scoring lead with 24 points in 20 games.

"They've been playing really well and for us to get a win like that is definitely big for the confidence moving forward," McDavid said. "We've been able to snap out of a bit of a funk and we're looking to go on a run now. Once you get out of one of those, it is important you take off from there."

The 19-year-old McDavid set up a goal 2:39 in by skating the length of the ice before centering the puck for Klefbom, who blasted a shot past Crawford.

McDavid also assisted late in the first when Draisaitl tipped in Klefbom's shot from the point on a power play for a 2-0 lead.

Corey Crawford made 22 saves in the loss as the Blackhawks had a two-game winning streak snapped.

Monday, November 21 Scoreboard

Buffalo 4, Calgary 2

New York Rangers 5, Pittsburgh 2

Colorado 3, Colulmbus 2 (OT)

Nashville 3, Tampa  Bay 1

Dallas 3, Minnesota 2 (OT)

Edmonton 5,  Chicago 0

San Jose 4, New Jersey 0

Tuesday, November 22 Schedule (All Times Central)

St. Louis at Boston, 6 p.m.

Carolina at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Ottawa at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

New York Islanders at Anaheim, 9 p.m.