McDavid reaches 50-goal plateau for 1st time in career during Oilers' loss to Bruins

Pavel Zacha's late second-period goal stood up as the game winner as the Boston Bruins continued their spectacular season with a narrow 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night.

Tomas Nosek and Nick Foligno also scored for the Bruins (46-8-5), who extended their winning streak to seven games. It is the third time Boston has had a string of victories reach seven games this season.

Connor McDavid scored twice to reach 50 goals on the season for the Oilers (32-21-8), who have lost two straight, but have still managed to go 11-4-6 in their last 21 outings.

McDavid took a long stretch pass from Leon Draisaitl up the left boards before cutting in and beating Bruins starter Jeremy Swayman through the legs 2:17 into the opening frame for his league-leading 49th goal.

The Bruins responded just 13 seconds later as a defensive giveaway ended up with the puck being deflected in front to Nosek, who sent his fourth of the season past Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner.

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Boston took the lead with just under five minutes to play in the first on a nice give-and-go play with Charlie Coyle making a nice feed to Foligno, who beat Skinner stick-side for his 10th.

Edmonton tied it at 12:20 of the second period with the teams playing four players aside as Klim Kostin came out of the box and hustled to feed the puck to McDavid who undressed Swayman with a deke to record his 50th goal in his 61st game of the season. Only Wayne Gretzky and Jari Kurri have hit the mark faster in Oilers' history. It was also McDavid's eighth goal in the last four games.

Boston made it 3-2 with just 30 seconds to play in the second, as Zacha made a diving poke to beat Skinner's own