Oilers blank Islanders 4-0 behind Nugent-Hopkins' two goals

The Edmonton Oilers shut out the Islanders 4-0 at UBS Arena, and they did it in one second period burst. Three goals in that frame turned a scoreless game into a rout.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, the player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 8.2, scored twice on two shots. He broke the deadlock at 8:42 of the second with a snap shot, assisted by Kasperi Kapanen. Vasily Podkolzin made it 2-0 just 68 seconds later with a wrist shot, set up by Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard. Nugent-Hopkins added his second at 18:26 for a 3-0 lead, with Connor McDavid and Draisaitl assisting.

Jason Dickinson closed the scoring at 17:23 of the third for the 4-0 final. The Islanders never scored in any period.

Edmonton improves to 10-2-2 and 22 points. The Islanders fall to 7-5-2 with 16. Chirp's Sim had this one as a coin flip, with the Oilers at 50% over 10,000 simulations.