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Warren Foegele and Evander Kane each had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers won their 14th straight game, 4-1, over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night from Rogers Place.
Foegele is on a three-game point streak (three goals, one assist). Connor McDavid scored to stop a four-game goalless drought. Dylan Holloway scored.
Darnell Nurse, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Leon Draisaitl, Cody Ceci, Connor Brown, and Brett Kulak had assists. Nugent-Hopkins is on a three-game point streak (one goal, two assists).
Stuart Skinner made 27 saves to win his 11th straight decision, an Oilers franchise record, passing Grant Fuhr, who won 10 straight in 1985-86.
Dmitri Voronkov scored for Columbus. Kent Johnson had the assist.
Elvis Merzlikins made 20 saves.
David Jiricek is back with the Blue Jackets after a weekend stop in Cleveland. He had three assists on Saturday and was a healthy scratch tonight.
If only he was actually playing with the big club tonight. #CBJ
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) January 23, 2024
The Streak
Coming into the day with 13 straight wins, a Canadien team record, the Oilers pushed the historic streak to 14 games. Columbus' 16-game winning streak in 2016-17 ranks second all-time in league history.
Edmonton extended its winning streak to 13 games the longest by a Canadian-based franchise in NHL history... pic.twitter.com/9vpaPVIk3Z
— BucciOT.Com (@Buccigross) January 21, 2024
From the "go figure" department ... #CBJ longest active winning streak vs. a single opponent:
— Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) January 23, 2024
Edmonton 3-0-0#CBJ longest active losing streak vs. a single opponent:
Anaheim 0-3-2
Sam Gagner, a member of the Oilers, was on the 2016-17 Blue Jackets. He's the first player in NHL history to be on two teams that won at least 14 straight games.
Columbus entered the day tied for last in the league with the San Jose Sharks with 70 third-period goals allowed. Columbus gave up three more tonight after entering the third period tied at one. Edmonton had 26 giveaways to 13 for Columbus.
Road Warriors
Tonight's five-game road trip kicked off the Blue Jackets' longest road test of the season. From Edmonton, they'll head onward to Calgary (Thursday), Vancouver (1/27), Seattle (1/28), and St. Louis (1/30).
Before tonight, their longest road stretch was two games. They haven't played consecutive road games since November.
Columbus will make another five-game trip, Mar. 19-28.
Feb. 10 marks the next home game for the Blue Jackets when they battle the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Voronkov Hits Double Digits
Voronkov's first-period goal tied the game at one at 15:25. He's now one of four rookies with at least ten goals and one of two Blue Jackets (Adam Fantilli, 11).
Voronkov's 10th comes off an Oiler turnover in the zone. #CBJ pic.twitter.com/vmeYGisb9H
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) January 24, 2024
There are currently four NHL rookies with at least 10 goals, and two of them are Blue Jackets -- Adam Fantilli and Dmitri Voronkov. #CBJ
Jeff Svoboda (@JacketsInsider) January 24, 2024
Onto Calgary
The Blue Jackets' trip continues to Calgary where they'll play the Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome on Thursday, Jan. 25th, at 9:00 p.m. ET.
