NHL · EDMONTON 3, NY RANGERS 1 · ROGERS PLACE · MONDAY

EDMONTON. Connor McDavid needed one mistake from Dylan Garand. He got it 6 minutes, 42 seconds into the game.

Garand went behind his net to play the puck, and his pass bounced off the back of the cage. McDavid pounced and tucked it in at the right post. The goal sent the Oilers on to a 3-1 win over the Rangers and stretched McDavid's season-opening point streak to 19 games.

He is the fourth player in NHL history to open a season that way, per NHL.com. Only Wayne Gretzky (51 games), Mats Sundin (30) and Dany Heatley (22) have gone longer. McDavid has 48 points in the run, 11 goals and 37 assists.

One streak did end. McDavid's 18-game assist streak stopped, tied for the second-longest in league history. Gretzky's 23 is the record, Reuters noted.

Leon Draisaitl made it 2-0 at 2:59 of the second, picking up a bouncing puck and shooting it through Garand's legs. The Rangers challenged for goaltender interference and lost. It was Draisaitl's second straight two-goal game, and he has six goals in a four-game goal streak.

New York got one back short-handed. Chmelar came out of the penalty box, took a stretch pass from Mika Zibanejad and beat Devon Levi glove side for his first career short-handed goal. Draisaitl put it away with a short-handed empty-netter from his own zone at 18:47 of the third.

In between, Levi held the line. He made 28 saves and improved to 8-1-0.

Rangers coach Mike Sullivan liked his team's game and said it had "four or five 2-on-1 opportunities." New York still went 0 for 5 on the power play, and its three-game win streak is over.

A goal off a goalie's giveaway is not the prettiest way to keep a streak alive, but this is what the run looks like now. Teams are tilting everything toward McDavid, and he is still finding a point every night.

Thirty would put him level with Sundin. That is 11 more games, and on this form it would be a brave call to say he stops short.

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What to watch: McDavid's point streak becomes a nightly talking point from here, starting Wednesday against Philadelphia. No pick.

UP NEXT: The Oilers host the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday 11 November, and the Rangers visit the Calgary Flames the same night.

HOW TO WATCH 📺: Flyers at Oilers, 9:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM CT. Local TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia (Philadelphia area). Out of market: NHL Power Play on the ESPN app.

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