Oilers 1 victory from tying record after winning 16th in row - ESPN

EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each had a goal and two assists and the Edmonton Oilers won their 16th straight game to move within one of tying the NHL record, defeating the Nashville Predators 4-1 on Saturday.

Edmonton will attempt to tie the record set by the 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins when its returns from the All-Star break to play at Vegas on Feb. 6. The Oilers matched the 2016-17 Columbus Blue Jackets for the second-longest streak.

«This past week wasn't our best hockey,» McDavid said, summing up a run in which the Oilers defeated the Chicago Blackhawks and Columbus Blue Jackets before topping the Predators. «But we found a way to get three wins, which is a great sign.»

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Zach Hyman also scored and Stuart Skinner made 28 saves to help Edmonton improve to 29-15-1. The Oilers are 24-3-0 in their last 27 and have a franchise-record streak of 14 games without allowing more than two goals.

«It's been an interesting year, ups and downs,» Skinner said. «We've still got three months ahead of us.… With the amount of games we have left, I'm guessing we're going to lose again.

»There's still a lot of things that we have to dial in on on the ice.… It's nice that we're winning and things are going well. But there are things that we need to keep getting better at."

Colton Sissons scored for Nashville. The Predators who have lost three of four.

Edmonton opened the scoring on a power play at 7:55 of the first period. Nugent-Hopkins slid into the high slot and took a feed from Draisaitl before unleashing a quick wrist shot that beat goalie Kevin Lankinen for his 12th goal of the season.

The Oilers' power play came through again with 8:21 left in the second. McDavid sent it across to