Shea Weber powers Canadiens past Islanders

WEBER, CANADIENS STAY HOT IN BROOKLYN

* Elias notes that the Canadiens, who set a team record by starting 9-0-0 in 2015-16, are the fifth team in NHL history to have back-to-back seasons when they had at least one point in each of its first seven games. The other four: the Edmonton Oilers (1983-84 & 1984-85), Tampa Bay Lightning (2002-03 & 2003-04), Minnesota Wild (2007-08 & 2008-09) and San Jose Sharks (2012-13 & 2013-14).
* Weber has at least one point in six of seven games, and leads the Canadiens with three goals and nine points. All three of his goals have come on the power play, with two counting as game-winners.

WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS

Home Team in Caps
Montreal 3, NY ISLANDERS 2
NY RANGERS 5, Boston 2
EDMONTON 4, Washington 1
ANAHEIM 6, Nashville 1

OILERS CONTINUE BEST START IN 31 YEARS

Cam Talbot made 34 saves and Benoit Pouliot scored twice, including the
game-winning goal from behind the net
, to power the Oilers to their fourth consecutive victory and to a 6-1-0 record.
* Via Elias, the Oilers have won six of their first seven games of a season for the first time since 1985-86, when they started 8-1-0.
* Captain Connor McDavid (0-2-2) had his fourth multi-point game of the season to move into sole possession of the League lead with 11 points (4-7-11).
* Edmonton handed the Washington Capitals their second straight loss (also Saturday vs. NYR: 4-2 L), marking the first time the Capitals have dropped consecutive games in regulation since March 11-13, 2015. The reigning Presidents' Trophy winners did not lose back-to-back games in regulation in 2015-16, becoming the first team since the 1976-77 Canadiens to accomplish that feat.

QUICK START

Boston Bruins forward David Pastrnak
opened the scoring 10 seconds into the game
. Per Elias, only two Bruins have scored a faster goal from the start of a game in the modern era (since 1943-44), and each occurred on Valentine's Day, 63 years apart: Brad Marchand in 2016 (0:08 at DET) and Fleming Mackell in 1953 (0:09 vs. NYR).

LOOSE PUCKS

Brandon Pirri (2-0-2) helped the New York Rangers overcome an early 2-0 deficit to earn their third consecutive win . . . The Anaheim Ducks scored five second-period goals and are 3-0-1 in their past four games . . . Ducks forward Corey Perry (334-337-671) tallied 1-1-2 to move past Paul Kariya (300-369-669) and into third place on the

. . . . Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin extended his goals streak to four games after
tossing a stick to a fan in Edmonton
. . . Bruins forward Austin Czarnik (3 GP)
scored his first NHL goal
while teammate Zane McIntyre (26 saves) made his first career start . . . The NHL and Fanatics, Inc., jointly announced a
long-term agreement
that expands the scale and scope of Fanatics' relationship with the League . . .The
Ducks
and
Oilers
each hosted Hockey Fights Cancer nights. . . ICYMI: Wayne Gretzky shared memories of Gordie Howe
during an appearance on "Conan"
.

SNEAK PEEK AT THURSDAY'S ACTION

All Times Eastern
NY Islanders @ Pittsburgh, 7 p.m., ROOT, MSG+
Minnesota @ Buffalo, 7 p.m., MSG-B, FS-N, FS-WI
Arizona @ Philadelphia, 7 p.m., CSN-PH, FS-A
Florida @ Toronto, 7:30 p.m., TSN4, FS-F
Tampa Bay @ Montreal, 7:30 p.m., SN360, RDS, SUN
Detroit @ St. Louis, 8 p.m., FS-MW, FS-D
Dallas @ Winnipeg, 8 p.m., TSN3, FS-SW
Nashville @ Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m., FS-W, FS-TN
Columbus @ San Jose, 10:30 p.m., CSN-CA, FS-O
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HOCKEY FIGHTS CANCER

The
Buffalo Sabres
return home from a four-game road trip to host their Hockey Fights Cancer night. Click here for complete details on the
NHL's Hockey Fights Cancer initiative
.