QUICK RECAP: Oilers 4, Rangers 1

NEW YORK, NY – The world's most famous arena couldn't stop us on the road.

Matt Tomkins made 28 saves for his first win in Blue & Orange in his club debut, while Colton Dach posted his first career two-goal game, and Evan Bouchard had a goal & two assists as the Edmonton Oilers secured their seventh straight road victory on Sunday with a 4-1 win over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

"There's nothing better than winning on the road, honestly," Connor McDavid said. "Our team loves it. Coming into a tough building on a back-to-back against a rested team, these are the ones that you thrive in, and you want to dig in and find a way to get one. Tonight was a big one."

The Oilers captain continued his historic start to the season with a goal & an assist, scoring a fantastic opener only 50 seconds into the first period before extending his NHL record season-opening assist streak to 15 games (30A) with the helper on Evan Bouchard's power-play goal that made it 3-0 in the middle frame.

McDavid leads the NHL with nine goals & 30 assists in 15 games, trailed by his teammates Draisaitl (28), who had two assists, and Bouchard (26), rounding out the League's current top three in scoring.

"It's actually been really fun to have things so new here in Edmonton," McDavid added. "It's been really fun to just dive in and just sink your teeth into a new system, a new kind of way of playing, and it's kind of left my own [success] secondary just trying to take care of the things that I need to do within the system. Those things have been happening, and it's just been a byproduct of everybody playing.

"When the team is winning games, individual stuff happens like that, and definitely, I've been the beneficiary of some great team play."

Dach made it 2-0 in the first period with his initial tally before putting the icing on the cake for Edmonton's seventh straight road win with an empty-netter, marking the Fort Saskatchewan product's first career two-goal game as he continues a red-hot stretch of form with three goals & an assist over his last four games.

Tomkins earned the start in the Oilers' second game of a back-to-back after Tristan Jarry secured the team's second straight shutout in Saturday's 4-0 win on Long Island, and while he was beaten with 6:38 left in the second period by Pavel Dorofeyev to conclude the shutout streak at 159:20, the Edmonton-born netminder was superb in picking up his first win with his hometown club.

The 32-year-old earned the victory in his first NHL game since Apr. 17, 2024, when he stopped 34 of 38 shots in a win over the Toronto Maple Leafs as a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning.

"Really exciting," Tomkins said. "Incredibly historic building, and it's been a couple of years since I played in the league, so I was definitely excited to get the nod and the opportunity to play and just tried to enjoy the day, take it all in and do my part to contribute and help the team win."

The Oilers improved to 11-2-2 this season and will put their seven-game road win streak to the test again on Tuesday against the New Jersey Devils as they close out their three-game road trip to the Big Apple.

FIRST PERIOD

19:10: EDM GOAL | Connor McDavid - Evan Bouchard

COAST-TO-COAST CONNOR McDAVID! WHAT A GOAL TO GET US GOING AT THE GARDEN! Goalie Matt Tomkins fends off the first shot from Mika Zibanejad to Evan Bouchard, who unloads it to Connor McDavid at the Oilers' blueline before he RIPS up the ice, burns Vladislav Gavrikov on the outside, and cuts towards the crease to beat Dylan Garand with a flip over his glove.

McDavid's incredible season-opening point streak reaches 15 games. EDM 1, NYR 0

QUICK STAT:  With his first-period goal, McDavid is now riding a 15-game point streak (9G, 29A), which is the sixth-longest point streak of his career. His longest was 20 games, Dec. 4, 2025 to Jan. 13, 2026 (19G, 27A).

The goal was McDavid’s 418th career goal, which moves him past Glenn Anderson for the fourth most in franchise history. Additionally, he is riding an NHL record 14-game assist streak to begin a season. Entering play tonight at MSG (29A), his 14-game assist streak is also the longest such assist streak of his career after establishing the new mark on Saturday afternoon on Long Island. 

13:41: EDM GOAL | Colton Dach - Evan Bouchard

DACH DOUBLES IT UP! Edmonton goes up two on a shot along the ice that goes five-hole on Garand on only their fourth shot. The Rangers' netminder drops his head low as he'll feel like he should've had that, and the Oilers are smelling blood in the water early inside a rink they've won four consecutive games prior to tonight.

Bouchard picks up another helper and has two tonight to reach 18 assists this season and a league-leading +22 plus-/minus. EDM 2, NYR 0

QUICK STAT: Dach notched the Oilers' second goal of the game for his second of the season, and he now has three points (2G, 1A) over his last four games.

With assists on both Dach and McDavid’s goals, Evan Bouchard now has 60 career multi-assist games (5 this season) and 93 career multi-point games (7 this season), which passes Craig Simpson for the 13th most multi-point games in franchise history.

11:07: Bouchard has a goal disallowed for goalie interference committed by Dach inside the crease.

7:35: EDM PENALTY | Kasperi Kapanen tripping against Alexis Lafreniere

6:11: NYR PENALTY | Will Cuylle tripping against Owen Michaels

END OF 1 | EDM 2, NYR 0

Shots: EDM 7, NYR 5

SECOND PERIOD

11:20: NYR PENALTY | Noah Laba holding against Connor Murphy

10:11: EDM GOAL | Evan Bouchard (PPG) - Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid

BOUCH BOMB FROM UP TOP! No. 2 has three points tonight as the Oilers increase their lead to 3-0 on a wicked blast from the league's leading scorer from the back end, beating Garand into the top shelf on a clean look from between the circles. McDavid has another assist to extend his own NHL record season-opening assist streak to 15 games, while Draisaitl gets the secondary helper.

Those three represent the League's top three scorers (McDavid - 39, Draisaitl - 27, Bouchard - 26). EDM 3, NYR 0

QUICK STAT: With a goal and two assists tonight, Evan Bouchard now has 60 career multi-assist games (five this season), 93 career multi-point games (seven this season), which passes Craig Simpson for the 13th most multi-point games in franchise history, and 26 career 3+-point games (four this season), which also passes Craig Simpson for the 13th most 3+-point games in franchise history.

His goal was also his 26th career PP goal, which moves him past Charlie Huddy for the second most in franchise history by a defenceman – Paul Coffey (69).

McDavid furthered his NHL record 15-game assist streak to begin a season (30A), which is also the longest of his career, having bested his previous mark of 13 games. Tonight marks his 383rd career multi-point game (11th this season), which moves him past Brett Hull and Teemu Selanne for the 23rd most in NHL history.

McDavid's 15-game point streak now reads nine goals & 30 assists.

6:38: NYR GOAL | Pavel Dorofeyev - Scott Morrow

The Rangers end the shutout streak at 159:20, the fifth-longest in team history, as Dorofeyev scoops it over Tomkins in close after Lafreniere was guided into the crease by his own team's defender in Murphy. The Oilers elect not to challenge the play, and it's a two-goal game. There'll be no third consecutive shutout for the Oilers.

The Rangers have been pressing this period with a 10-2 shot advantage, so you can't say they haven't earned it. EDM 3, NYR 1

0.0: Colton Dach nearly goes through the legs from his knees for his second goal, before Mattias Ekholm is robbed by Garand before the end of the intermission.

END OF 2 | EDM 3, NYR 1

Shots: NYR 15, EDM 7

THIRD PERIOD

14:35: EDM PENALTY | Connor Murphy interference against Will Cuylle

11:46: NYR PENALTY | Tye Kartye hooking against Connor McDavid

11:14: NYR PENALTY | Will Cuylle hooking against Connor McDavid

39.4: EDM GOAL | Colton Dach (ENG) - Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Shea

DACHER WITH HIS FIRST TWO-GOAL GAME SEALS THE 4-1 WIN! That's seven straight victories for the Oilers on the road.

FINAL SCORE: EDM 4, NYR 1

POST-GAME INTERVIEWS

OILERS LINEUP

Podkolzin - McDavid - Draisaitl
Dach - Nugent-Hopkins - Kapanen
Formenton - Dickinson - Joseph
Frederic - Michaels - Hallander

Ekholm - Bouchard
Shea - Murphy
Mukhamadullin - Emberson

Jarry
Tomkins