Related: Walman\u2019s Overtime Winner Lifts Oilers to 3-2 Victory Over Senators<\/a><\/p>\n Edmonton netminder Stuart Skinner<\/a> stopped 19 of the 21 shots he faced, while goalie Linus Ullmark made 22 saves between the pipes for Ottawa.<\/p>\n The Oilers conclude their five-game Eastern Conference road trip with a record of 2-3-0. Edmonton is now 3-3-1 overall this season.<\/p>\n Instant Impact<\/p>\n After missing the first six games of 2025-26 with an undisclosed injury, Walman returned to Edmonton\u2019s lineup<\/a> on Tuesday and immediately made his presence felt at Canadian Tire Centre.<\/p>\n With Edmonton on the power play in overtime, the 29-year-old received a pass in the slot and absolutely wired the puck past Ullmark, ending the game at 2:24 of sudden death.<\/p>\n Walman finished the game with two shots on goal, four blocked shots and one hit in 18:50 of ice time, while providing great puck movement for Edmonton. He was everything that the Oilers have been missing over the first couple weeks of their schedule.<\/p>\n \u201cIt will be a little adjustment, probably a couple games before I feel like myself again, but the biggest thing is just the mental (aspect), getting back out there with the guys and I feel good to finally be back,\u201d Walman said following the game<\/a>.<\/p>\n Night of Firsts<\/p>\n In an interesting bit of trivia, Walman became the first defenceman in Edmonton\u2019s NHL history to score an overtime goal in their season debut.<\/p>\n But that was far from the only first on Tuesday at Canadian Tire Centre, where Howard and McDavid were each able to breathe a sigh of relief after scoring on the Senators.<\/p>\n Howard\u2019s tally was both the first goal and first point of his NHL career, and has to be a massive boost of confidence for the 21-year-old forward, who is averaging less than 10 minutes of ice time in his rookie campaign.<\/p>\n After shooting the puck past Ullmark<\/a>, Howard paused briefly, almost as if he couldn\u2019t believe that he\u2019d just scored, before erupting into a spirited celebration, pumping his fist and breaking into a huge smile. It was clearly a huge weight lifted off the back of the 2025 Hobey Baker Award winner.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, McDavid\u2019s goal was No. 362 of his NHL career, but the first of this season. The Oilers\u2019 captain had gone the opening six games of Edmonton\u2019s schedule without scoring, the longest season-opening goal drought of his storied career.<\/p>\n While the 11-year veteran isn\u2019t about to let a little slump get to him, McDavid has been through a lot the last few weeks, with his contract saga, so his first goal of 2025-26 must also feel like a massive weight coming off his shoulders.<\/p>\n More Milestones<\/p>\n Amid all these firsts, a couple other milestone numbers were achieved by Oilers on Tuesday: Skinner recorded the 100th win of his NHL career, while Edmonton forward Adam Henrique played his 1,000th career game.<\/p>\n Every one of Skinner\u2019s 100 victories have come as a member of the Oilers. He\u2019s the sixth goalie to reach triple-digit wins in an Edmonton jersey.<\/p>\n Henrique, on the other hand, has played only a small percentage of his career in Edmonton: Tuesday\u2019s game was just his 110th regular season game since being acquired by the Oilers via trade on March 6, 2024.<\/p>\n Block Party<\/p>\n Edmonton blocked 17 shots on Tuesday, nearly double the total of the host Senators, who got in the way of nine Oilers\u2019 shots.<\/p>\n Leading the way for Edmonton with six blocks was defenceman Darnell Nurse, who now leads the entire NHL with 26 blocks in 2025-26. The veteran Nurse is averaging a whopping 10.64 blocks per 60 minutes and already has at least five blocks in three separate games.<\/p>\n As a team, the Oilers rank fifth in the NHL with 118 blocked shots. They\u2019re now averaging 16.56 blocks per 60 minutes through their first seven contests, which, while a small sample size, is notable, given the recent history of this team: Over the last five seasons combined, Edmonton averaged barely more than 13 blocks per game, which ranked 30th in the NHL over that span. Only two teams finished with fewer than the Oilers\u2019 total of 1,150 blocked shots in 2024-25.<\/p>\n The Oilers now return home and will play their first game at Rogers Place in 12 days when they host the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night (Oct. 23).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a>![\"Connor](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Connor-McDavid-Oilers-3-1200x800.jpg\")
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