Nugent-Hopkins scores twice as Oilers blank Islanders 4-0
Tristan Jarry made 18 saves for his second straight shutout, while Connor McDavid added an assist.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored twice in the second period Saturday as the Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Islanders 4-0 at UBS Arena. Tristan Jarry stopped 18 shots to record a second consecutive shutout.
Nugent-Hopkins opened the scoring at 8:42 of the second after a pass from Kasperi Kapanen. Vasily Podkolzin added another goal 68 seconds later, with Leon Draisaitl setting him up in front.
A power-play goal by Nugent-Hopkins at 18:26 of the second made it 3-0. Connor McDavid supplied an assist on the play. Jason Dickinson added an empty-net goal in the third.
Draisaitl finished with two assists. Ilya Sorokin made 20 saves for New York, whose two-game winning streak ended. Edmonton improved to 10-2-2 as it began a three-game road trip.
