EDMONTON – Zach Hyman had two targets and an help, Connor Ingram made 27 saves to file the shutout, and the Edmonton Oilers began a key eight-game homestand with a 5-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday.
Vasily Podkolzin had a objective and an help and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Andrew Mangiapane additionally scored for the Oilers (25-17-8) who’ve gone 5-1-2 of their final seven video games.
Nugent-Hopkins performed in his 1,000th regular-season contest, changing into simply the 63rd participant in historical past to file a objective in his milestone match. Connor McDavid and Mattias Ekholm every had a pair of assists.
Edmonton is now 21-1-4 when scoring first this season.
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The Blues (19-22-8) had a two game-winning streak halted. Jordan Binnington recorded 23 saves for St. Louis.
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TAKEAWAYS
Blues: Ahead Dylan Holloway returned after lacking the final 15 video games with an ankle harm. Holloway, who was poached from the Oilers by way of provide sheet alongside blue liner Philip Broberg through the summer time of 2024, has eight targets and 17 factors in 34 video games this season.
Oilers: Hyman has been on an unbelievable scoring surge with 17 targets in his final 20 video games, essentially the most by any participant within the league since Dec. 11.
KEY MOMENT
Edmonton made it 5-0 simply 1:19 into the third interval as McDavid regained his footing after being knocked down and made an unbelievable go throughout to Podkolzin, who blasted in his twelfth of the marketing campaign.
KEY STAT
Nugent-Hopkins, who was honoured in a pre-game ceremony, is the primary participant in Oilers historical past to hit 1,000 video games whereas enjoying all of them with Edmonton. Solely Kevin Lowe has performed extra video games in Oilers franchise historical past, logging 1,037 video games performed between his two stints with the squad. Chosen first total by the Oilers on the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, the British Columbia native is the primary participant from his draft class to hit 1,000 video games and the 417th in NHL historical past. Throughout a profession that has seen him play beneath 9 completely different head coaches with the Oilers, Nugent-Hopkins has recorded 283 targets and 503 assists for a complete of 786 factors.
UP NEXT
Blues: Go to the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday.
Oilers: Host the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Jan. 18, 2026.
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