McDavid nets 50th, but Oilers lose to 'best team in the league'

EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid scored twice to reach the 50-goal mark for the first time in his career, but even the game's best player couldn't derail the league's best team, as the Boston Bruins outlasted the Edmonton Oilers, 3-2, on Monday night.

Pavel Zacha scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period and the Bruins flexed their depth, skating to their seventh straight win.

Nick Foligno and Tomas Nosek also scored for the Bruins, and Dmitry Orlov had two assists for his first points since being acquired from Washington last week. Jeremy Swayman stopped 22 shots to win his third straight start and eighth in his last 10.

«We've got six or seven [defensemen] that can really play hockey, and then we've got four lines that can really play hockey,» Boston coach Jim Montgomery said in his postgame interview on NESN.

Despite all of McDavid's heroics, Edmonton has now lost two straight in regulation after a five-game point streak (2-0-3). Stuart Skinner had 25 saves in the loss.

«Disappointing, obviously,» McDavid said. «They are the best team in the league, and I thought we played them hard and gave ourselves a chance to win.»