SALT LAKE CITY \u2013 Connor McDavid scored twice to give him 401 career goals and 1,200 points, sparking the Edmonton Oilers to a 5-2 victory over the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
McDavid became the fifth player in Oilers history to reach 400 goals when he took a feed from Mattias Ekholm and Evan Bouchard and beat Karel Vejmelka with 7:53 left in the second period. <\/p>\n
The go-ahead goal was his 39th of the season and put Edmonton in front 3-2. He scored his 401st goal on an empty-netter with 7.5 seconds remaining that also gave him his 1,200th point. McDavid also has 799 career assists.<\/p>\n
Evan Bouchard had three assists to give him 82 points as he joined Cale Makar, Erik Karlsson and Roman Josi as the only NHL defensemen to record multiple 80-point seasons since 2005-06.<\/p>\n
To complete the milestone-rich contest, Edmonton’s Ryan Nugent-Hopkins posted his 800th career NHL point with an assist in the first period on a goal by Roslovic, who had two scores. Matt Savoie scored a short-handed goal in the second.<\/p>\n
Edmonton had 24 blocked shots and allowed just 18 shots on goal. Tristan Jarry made 16 saves.<\/p>\n
The Oilers have won their last five games against the Mammoth and leapfrogged the Vegas Golden Knights (79-78 points) for second place in the Pacific Division as the playoff races heat up.<\/p>\n
Alexander Kerfoot and Lawson Crouse scored for Utah. Vejmelka stopped 11 shots, but was replaced after the second period by Vitek Vanecek.<\/p>\n
Utah’s Andr\u00e9 Tourigny coached his 400th career NHL game (164-191-45).<\/p>\n
Mammoth forward Barrett Hayton left in the first period with an upper-body injury and didn’t return.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Oilers: Visit Vegas on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
Mammoth: Host Washington on Thursday night to finish their four-game homestand.<\/p>\n
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The story has been corrected to reflect that McDavid\u2019s first goal was his 39th of the season, not his 40th.<\/p>\n
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