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Draisaitl Scores Twice and McDavid’s Assist Streak Hits 18 as Oilers Top Canucks

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November 8, 2026

Leon Draisaitl in an Edmonton Oilers blue jersey celebrating a goal against the Vancouver Canucks

Leon Draisaitl celebrates a goal for the Edmonton Oilers in their 4-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday at Rogers Place. Photo via @edmontonoilers.

Connor McDavid did not need to score a goal to own the night. The Edmonton Oilers captain collected three assists on Saturday as Edmonton beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 at Rogers Place, extending his assist streak to 18 games and tying Adam Oates for the second-longest such run in NHL history.

Leon Draisaitl did the finishing. Draisaitl scored twice in a three-point performance, including the game-winning goal early in the third period, while Mattias Ekholm and Jason Dickinson also scored for the Oilers. McDavid’s three helpers pushed his season totals to 47 points, 10 goals and 37 assists, and he has recorded a point in every game this season. Only Wayne Gretzky, who assisted in 23 straight games in 1990-91, now stands ahead of McDavid on the assist streak list, a sentence that tells you everything about the company the Edmonton captain is keeping this fall.

The Oilers also welcomed back goaltender Devon Levi, who made 20 saves after missing seven games with an undisclosed injury. The win snapped a modest two-game skid for Edmonton, following a 4-3 loss at New Jersey on Tuesday and a wild 5-4 home defeat against Anaheim on Thursday, and at 12-3-3 the Oilers remain on top of the Pacific Division.

For Vancouver, the slide deepens. Max Sasson and Brock Boeser scored for the Canucks, and Leevi Merilainen stopped 26 shots, but Vancouver has now lost five consecutive games and managed only one victory in its past 16. The Canucks sit at the bottom of the league standings, and every night the gap to respectability grows a little wider.

Edmonton, by contrast, has the best player in the world playing perhaps the best hockey of his career, a running mate in Draisaitl who converts the chances, and a division lead to protect. The Oilers handled their business on Saturday. McDavid handled the history.

Senden Strikes Twice Early and the Icemen’s Push Runs Out of Time Against Florida

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2 minutes ago

November 8, 2026

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A Jacksonville Icemen player battles a Florida Everblades player for the puck at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, with the final score JAX 1, FLA 4.

Jacksonville Icemen in action against the Florida Everblades at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on November 7. Photo via @jaxicemen.

The Jacksonville Icemen spent Saturday night chasing a game that got away from them in the first period, and against the defending Kelly Cup champions, the chase came up short. Mark Senden scored twice in the opening frame and the Florida Everblades beat Jacksonville 4-1 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, handing the Icemen a second straight loss in the weekend series and ending their four-game point streak.

Jacksonville actually started brightly, earning early power plays and generating chances, but the home team could not convert and Florida punished the waste. Senden opened the scoring at 9:49 of the first period, finishing a play set up by Jesse Lansdell and Maleek McGowan. The period also featured the night’s first fight, with Florida’s Sean Allen and Jacksonville’s AJ Schlepp dropping the gloves at 7:59. Senden struck again at 14:32, this time on the power play with assists from Jack Horbach and Jordan Sambrook, and the Icemen skated to the intermission down 2-0.

The Icemen found their answer in the second period, and it came from the slot. On a Jacksonville power play, Tanner Kelly fired a quick touch pass from the left-wing side that found Adam McMaster in front, and McMaster rifled the puck home at 6:33 to cut the deficit to 2-1. Bennett MacArthur picked up the second assist. Just as on Friday night, Jacksonville trailed by a single goal entering the third period, and the building had every reason to believe.

This time, the equalizer never came. Lansdell restored Florida’s two-goal lead at 4:16 of the third, converting assists from Senden and McGowan to complete a three-point night for Senden. Seconds later, the game turned feisty again as Jacksonville’s Tyler Schleppe and Florida’s Tiernan Shoudy fought at 4:29. The Icemen pulled goaltender Cameron Rowe for an extra attacker late, but a shattered Jacksonville stick killed a quality chance to draw within one, and Devon Paliani scored into the empty net at 18:43 to close the scoring.

Rowe finished with 24 saves on 27 shots for Jacksonville, which sent 26 shots at Florida goaltender Cam Johnson. The Icemen fell to 3-3-3 on the season, while Florida, at 7-1-0, showed exactly why it carries the Kelly Cup champion label. The series wraps up on Sunday afternoon at 3:00 PM, and Jacksonville gets one more crack at the champions on home ice.