* Connor McDavid opened the scoring and became the fourth different player in NHL history with a 19-game season-opening point streak.
* Ivar Stenberg (1-0—1) helped San Jose rally in regulation and then later scored the only goal in the eight-round shootout to help his squad earn their sixth comeback win of the season – tied for the second most among all teams.
* The Wild and Canadiens are both riding eight-game point streaks and will meet in one of seven games during a Tuesday slate that also features national broadcasts on ESPN+, TNT, Sportsnet and TVA Sports.
McDAVID OPENS SCORING AGAINST RANGERS (AGAIN), EXTENDs LENGTHY POINT STREAK
Connor McDavid opened the scoring to extend his season-opening point streak to 19 games while Leon Draisaitl delivered his League-leading 17th and 18th goals on the campaign as Edmonton (13-3-3, 29 points) leapfrogged idle Minnesota (12-3-4, 28 points) for first place in the Western Conference. McDavid’s 1-0 tally against the Rangers was just over a week after he went coast-to-coast for an opening-minute goal versus New York at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 1.
* McDavid became the fourth different player in NHL history with a 19-game season-opening point streak and first since Dany Heatley (22 GP from Oct. 5 – Nov. 29, 2005). The others are Wayne Gretzky (3x; longest: 51 GP from Oct. 5, 1983 – Jan. 27, 1984) and Mats Sundin (30 GP from Oct. 8 – Dec. 10, 1992).
STENBERG HELPS SHARKS COMPLETE ANOTHER COMEBACK WIN
Ivar Stenberg‘s sixth goal of the season was one of two tying tallies by the Sharks to help them force extra time. The game would need a shootout and it was Stenberg who, in the eighth round, scored the only goal of the shootout to secure San Jose’s League-leading sixth win past regulation this season.
* The 2026-27 campaign is the sixth in Sharks history to feature them post six or more comeback wins through their 20th game of a season, following 2008-09 (8), 2011-12 (7), 2009-10 (7), 2000-01 (7) and 2020-21 (6). San Jose’s six come-from-behind victories this season trail only New Jersey (7) for the most among all teams.
SANHEIM, SCHAEFER CLIMB DEFENSEMEN LISTS IN #NHLSTATS: LIVE UPDATES
The Monday edition of #NHLStats: Live Updates included additional notes for all six teams in action, including the Islanders’ Matthew Schaefer and the Flyers’ Travis Sanheim.
* Schaefer (0-1—1) posted his 76th career point and tied Rick Hampton for the fourth most in NHL history by a teenage defenseman, behind Phil Housley (132), Rasmus Dahlin (84) and Ray Bourque (79). Schaefer (28-48—76) was skating in his 99th career game and will be among the top 10 highest goal-scoring defensemen at the time of this 100th career contest.
* Sanheim (1-0—1) sealed the win with his 67th career goal near the end of the game and tied Eric Desjardins (4) for the third-most shorthanded tallies among Flyers defensemen, behind Mark Howe (24) and Kimmo Timonen (5).
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FIVE THINGS TO KNOW HEADING INTO TUESDAY
A seven-game slate on Tuesday includes games on TNT, ESPN+ and Sportsnet with plenty of storylines heading into the matchups.
* The Jets will host the Devils for the first time since a blockbuster trade between the clubs on Oct. 23 that saw Connor Hellebuyck traded to the Devils in exchange for Dawson Mercer, Nico Daws, Nick Bjugstad, Alexander Command and a pair of draft picks. While New Jersey announced Hellebuyck, who owns the Jets’ all-time wins record, will not play, his former longtime teammate, Mark Scheifele, is closing in on a pair of franchise marks of his own. Scheifele is chasing his former junior coach and original Jets icon Dale Hawerchuk for the franchise goals (3 back) and points (4 back) records. He also sits one assist back of tying Hawerchuk and Blake Wheeler for second on the franchise’s all-time assists list and is four back of matching Thomas Steen for first in Jets history.
* Reigning Norris Trophy winner Zach Werenski enters Tuesday’s ESPN+ appearance on a six-game point streak (2-6—8 in 6 GP) as the Blue Jackets host the Panthers, including Werenski’s Olympic gold medal-winning teammates Brady and Matthew Tkachuk – back in the fold after a pit stop in Toronto to see their father Keith’s induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday.
* Philip Broberg (4-9—13 in 17 GP) enters Tuesday’s TNT game leading all Blues skaters in points – one of six blueliners to currently lead a team in scoring. No defenseman has ever finished a season as the Blues’ leading scorer.
* Roman Josi (205-594—799 in 1,047) enters Tuesday’s game on ESPN+ just one point shy from becoming the fifth defenseman from outside North America to reach 800 career points. He would join: Nicklas Lidstrom (1,142), Erik Karlsson (954), Victor Hedman (817) and Sergei Gonchar (811).
* Two of the NHL’s hottest teams go head-to-head when the Central Division-leading Wild (12-3-4, 28 points) visit the Canadiens (11-3-3, 25 points), who have recorded a point in seven consecutive home games (5-0-2) including six that required extra time.
