CALGARY — Evan Bouchard scored the go-ahead goal 10:36 into the third period and the Edmonton Oilers kept on rolling with a 4-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday.
Leon Draisaitl, with his 40th goal, Connor Brown, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, into an empty net, also scored for Edmonton , which is 5-1-1 in their last seven games. Calvin Pickard made 33 saves for the win, improving to 12-6-0.
Yegor Sharangovich and Nazem Kadri replied for Calgary , which has lost eight of its last nine. Andrei Kuzmenko extended his point streak to five games with two assists on the night.Down 2-1 headed to the third period, Calgary tied it at 7:13 on its second power-play goal. Kuzmenko sent a pass to Sharangovich who blasted a shot that was deflected in by Kadri.
It's the most assists in an NHL season since Gretzky had 122 in 1990-91. McDavid is on the cusp of becoming just the fourth player to have 100 assists in a season. He'd join Gretzky , Mario Lemieux and Bobby Orr .
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