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Todd McLellan couldn¡¯t believe his Oilers were trailing 2-1.¡±Jay Woodcroft and I
looked at each other and said, `How are we losing this game?¡±¡¯ McLellan
said.They didn¡¯t, thanks to another big game by Connor McDavid.Article continues
below ...McDavid had his third hat trick of the season and fourth of his career,
and the Oilers beat the Avalanche 4-2 on Sunday to snap a six-game losing
streak.McDavid now has 11 goals in the last nine games and two hat tricks. His
first two goals tied the game, and his last one was into an empty net with 1:26
remaining.¡±Obviously the team isn¡¯t finding a way to have success, but it¡¯s a
credit to the guys I¡¯m playing with,¡± McDavid said. ¡±It¡¯s been pretty fluid,
I¡¯ve been playing with a bunch of guys, and it¡¯s a credit to them.¡±He has five
goals in two games against the Avalanche this season.Ryan Strome also scored and
Cam Talbot had 24 saves for the Oilers, who snapped Colorado¡¯s 10-game home
winning streak. The Avalanche had not lost since Dec. 27 against Arizona but
failed to match Pittburgh¡¯s current 11-game home winning streak.Colorado got
goals from Tyson Jost and Alexander Kerfoot, and Semyon Varlamov had 36 saves,
but the Avalanche couldn¡¯t take advantage of the return of Nathan
MacKinnon.MacKinnon missed eight games with a left shoulder injury suffered in
Vancouver on Jan. 30. He was second in the league in scoring when he was
injured. He entered Sunday tied for 16th with 61 points.¡±I felt fine,¡± MacKinnon
said logging 22 minutes, 20 seconds of ice time.He had a chance to tie it
late
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but his shot with less than four minutes left hit the post. Moments later,
McDavid sealed it with his team-leading 26th goal.The Avalanche played most of
the third period down two defensemen. Anton Lindholm left late in the second
period after crashing into the boards, and Erik Johnson left early in the third
with an undisclosed injury.¡±The couple injuries in the back end could hurt us
more than just the loss today,¡± coach Jared Bednar said.Bednar didn¡¯t specify
the injuries, but he was upset at the way his team played after being outshot
15-6 in the third.¡±There¡¯s no excuse for the third,¡± he said. ¡±We played 14
minutes and had three shots on goal in a game we¡¯re trying to win and need to
win at home. No excuse for that.¡±The Avalanche took one-goal leads when Jost
scored 4:04 into the game and Kerfoot got his 15th with just under seven minutes
left in the second period.Strome nearly tied it at 8:01 of the third but
Varlamov slid over to get a pad on his shot. He banged his stick on the floor of
the bench in frustration after that but then gave Edmonton its first lead with
his first goal in 22 games with 6:42 remaining.¡±It¡¯s not for lack of chances,
lack of effort or lack of caring. That¡¯s the frustrating part,¡± said Strome,
whose last goal came Dec. 23 against Montreal. ¡±You come to the rink every day
and you try to get better and try to do the right things, and when things aren¡¯t
going in it¡¯s kind of frustrating. Nice to get that one.¡±NOTES: Colorado is
24-2-2 when leading after two periods. ¡ Edmonton¡¯s Leon Draisaitl had two
assists. ¡ The Avalanche recalled G Andrew Hammond from Belleville of the AHL to
serve as Varlamov¡¯s backup. Jonathan Bernier was injured in Friday¡¯s game at
Winnipeg. ¡ Edmonton G Al Montoya was scratched for the second straight game
after taking a puck to the mask in practice Friday. Laurent Brossoit was
recalled and served as Talbot¡¯s backup for the second straight game. ¡ The
Avalanche assigned F A.J. Greer to San Antonio to make room for MacKinnon. ¡
Edmonton is 3 for 34 on the power play over the last 16 games.UP NEXTOilers:
Host the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.Avalanche: Visit the Vancouver Canucks
on Tuesday night.¡ª NEW YORK (AP) ¡ª After a sluggish start in their first game
out of the Christmas break, the New York Islanders picked up their intensity in
the latter part of the second period and then steamrolled the Ottawa Senators in
the third.Mathew Barzal had two goals and an assist to help the Islanders rally
for a 6-3 win over the Senators on Friday night for their fifth win in six
games. Josh Bailey had a goal and an assist, and Anders Lee, Johnny Boychuk and
Casey Cizikas also scored for New York, which came back from a pair of two-goal
deficits.¡°A little bit of that hangover from the break,¡± Lee said. ¡°You could
tell we were weak in some
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and figured it out, we really played a hard game and were able to take it
over.¡±Thomas Greiss gave up three goals on 17 shots before he was pulled 6:11
into the second period. Robin Lehner, who began his career with Ottawa, came on
and stopped all 10 shots he faced to improve to 7-0-3 against his former
team.¡°Just a couple of missed assignments,¡± Barzal said of the Senators¡¯ early
goals. ¡°Greisser has been a rock for us all year. ¡ Lehner came in and played
great.¡±The Islanders trailed 2-0 early in the second and 3-1 later in the middle
period. New York then scored the last five goals, including four in the
third.Lee started the comeback as he took advantage of a giveaway by the
Senators in their own zone. Goalie Mike McKenna got the puck behind his net,
passed to Ben Harpur in the left corner, but Harpur¡¯s pass to Nick Paul went off
Paul¡¯s stick in the right circle. Lee got the puck and beat McKenna for his 14th
with 2:32 to go in the middle period.Boychuk tied the score 3-3 at 2:57 of the
third as he fired a slap shot from the right point. It was his second of the
season, with both goals coming in his last four games.¡°Anytime you¡¯re down two,
try to get one before the end of the period,¡± Lee said. ¡°We got that. And for
Johnny to come out in the third and rifle one home really set the momentum for
the rest of the game.¡±Barzal, who got his team-leading 25th assist earlier in
the game, gave the Islanders their first lead at 4:51. Barzal made it 5-3 after
a turnover by the Senators in the neutral zone, beating McKenna from the inside
edge of the right circle for his seventh with 7:36 left.Urged to shoot more by
coach Barry Trotz, Barzal converted on both of his shots on goal in the
game.¡°I¡¯m trying to look at the net a little
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If the shot¡¯s there the shot¡¯s there, if it¡¯s not it¡¯s not.¡±Cizikas added an
empty-netter with 54 seconds left for his career-high 10th.Mark Stone, Matt
Duchene and Cody Ceci scored for Ottawa, which has lost six of eight (2-5-1).
McKenna finished with 33 saves as the Senators fell to 4-13-1 on the road.¡°We
scored three goals,¡± Ottawa coach Guy Boucher said. ¡°We were solid, had control
of game. We gave them two goals ¡ª they got life and momentum. ¡ There were some
giveaways and they scored two goals.¡±The game got chippy late with several
fights, including pushing and shoving after the final buzzer.Stone got the
Senators on the scoreboard late in the first period, taking advantage of a
giveaway by the Islanders in their own zone, beating Greiss from the left circle
for his 17th with 3:42 left. It gave Stone eight goals and 17 points in his last
15 games.Duchene scored on the power play at 2:47 of the second to make it 2-0.
It was Duchene¡¯s third goal in three games since missing six games with an
injury.The Islanders scored a little more than 20 seconds later after a giveaway
by the Senators. McKenna played the puck behind his goal to the right and tried
to send it up along the right side boards, However, Barzal got the puck in the
left circle, passed across to Bailey on the right side and he put it in before
McKenna could slide over at 3:11.Ceci restored the Senators¡¯ two-goal lead
exactly 3 minutes later with his fifth.Lehner replaced Greiss after that and
Ottawa didn¡¯t score again.NOTES: Ceci appeared in his 400th career game,
becoming the fifth defenseman and 19th player in franchise history to reach that
milestone. ¡ Stone now has five goals and 11 points in 13 career games against
the Islanders ¡ Duchene has 11 goals and 25 points in his last 18 games. ¡
Islanders F Jordan Eberle sat out due to soreness. ¡ Lehner was drafted by
Ottawa in second round of 2009 draft, and went 30-36-13 in five seasons with the
Senators.UP NEXTSenators: Host Washington on Saturday nightIslanders: At Toronto
on Saturday night for the first matchup against former captain John
Tavares.