Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl on a two-on-one in overtime?

Goodnight, New Jersey Devils.

The Oilers came back twice Thursday, from 1-0 and 2-1 deficits, to get two points on home ice in Taylor Hall's return to Edmonton.

Hall finished with an assist, but the Oilers were the better team on this night, outshooting the Devils 34-18, and 16-5 in the third period and overtime combined.

The goal was Draisaitl's 16th of the season, while McDavid had two helpers, making him the first player this season to hit the half-century mark in points.

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It likely isn't how they envisioned it, but a win is a win.

The slumping Philadelphia Flyers - owners of a 2-5-3 record over their last 10 games - escaped a sloppy effort Thursday night with a 5-4 victory over the Vancouver Canucks, and forward Brayden Schenn didn't mince words about his club's performance.

"That was ugly, wasn't it?" Schenn told Dave Isaac of the Courier-Post. "Probably not the way we wanted to draw it up, but at the end of the day we got the two points."

Philadelphia surrendered eight power plays, including back-to-back high-sticking double minors in the game's opening eight minutes.

"I don't know if I've ever seen anything quite like that," head coach Dave Hakstol said.

Up next for the Flyers in their search for consistency is a Saturday matinee in Boston against the Bruins.

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The Los Angeles Kings weren't about to waste a perfect opportunity to revel.

After taking a 2-0 lead over the Blues on Thursday, the team sent out the following tweet hours after it was announced the NFL's San Diego Chargers would be joining the Rams - formerly of St. Louis - in Los Angeles.

Ice cold.

Adding "and in Stanley Cups" would have been the ultimate finishing move.

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The honeymoon is over for Taylor Hall.

After receiving a standing ovation following a video tribute in his return to Edmonton, the New Jersey Devils forward drew the ire of former teammate Zack Kassian for an elbow delivered right off a faceoff early in the third period.

Kassian attacked Hall in the aftermath, and their teammates came to their defense, sparking a brief line brawl.

Hall's elbow went uncalled by the officials, but he was given a double minor for high-sticking, while Kassian received a roughing minor.

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Despite scoring the game-winning goal against the Boston Bruins, Filip Forsberg knew where credit was due.

The Nashville Predators forward gave due praise to goaltender Juuse Saros after a 35-save performance, putting him on the same level as counterpart and longtime starter Pekka Rinne.

How good has Saros been?

He's allowed one goal or less in six of his eight starts this season, and although he's posted a record of 3-3-1, he's stopped 189-of-198 shots for a sparkling save percentage of .955.

A fourth-round pick back in 2013, Saros is giving the Predators a viable option in relief of Rinne, and perhaps reason to think he should be starting more in the near future.

Forsberg knows what his team has in Saros, at least.

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Carey Price wanted to finish the game he started, despite it not going the way he envisioned.

The Montreal Canadiens were rocked 7-1 by an excellent Minnesota Wild team Thursday night, and the game was essentially over after 40 minutes, with Minnesota up by four. But Price had no plans to leave the crease, and made sure his head coach Michel Therrien knew that.

"Nobody else has the opportunity to get pulled during a game," Price said, according to TSN's Dan Robertson, clearly recognizing his teammates' effort, while acknowledging that sometimes the puck simply doesn't bounce your way. "I'd rather just stick it out."

The Canadiens have been involved in some wacky, high-scoring games this season, including Thursday's 7-1 affair. Price was in net for Montreal's 10-1 laugher over the Colorado Avalanche, and Al Montoya and the Habs made headlines when Montreal was rocked 10-0 by Columbus, with Montoya allowing all 10 goals. The Canadiens had a game the next night, so Montoya was left to flounder.

Price is struggling after a brilliant start to the season, allowing three or more goals in six of his last seven starts.

Montreal hosts the New York Rangers on Saturday.

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Carey Price has entered some unfamiliar territory.

The all-world Montreal Canadiens netminder is enduring his roughest stretch of the season, and after a 7-1 shelling in Minnesota on Thursday, Price has allowed three or more goals in six of his last seven starts.

In his first 24 appearances, Price only allowed three or more five times, says Arpon Basu of NHL.com. Thursday's debacle is the first time he's allowed seven goals in a game since 2013, coming on just 24 Wild shots.

However, the most recent half-dozen games of uncharacteristic performances outlines a longer period of struggles for Price.

Dating back to the start of December, Price's numbers have looked rather pedestrian compared to his usual standards.

* does not include Thursday's stats.

Price's brief cold stretch is the lone blemish on what's been a two-year run of dominance for him in goal, both internationally and with Montreal.

Luckily for the Canadiens, though, there's plenty of time for Price to right the ship, as everyone in the hockey universe knows he's capable of doing. On top of that, Price's dominant start to the season has provided the Habs a comfortable lead atop the Atlantic Division.

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TAMPA, Fla. - Ben Bishop made 24 saves in his return after missing nine games with a lower-body injury, Ondrej Palat had two goals and an assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Thursday night.

Nikita Kucherov and Anton Stralman also scored for Tampa Bay, which stopped a four-game losing streak. Lightning center Brian Boyle (lower body, four games) and defenseman Braydon Coburn (upper body, two games) also came back from injuries.

Bishop, 10-0-1 lifetime against Buffalo, turned aside left and right circle shots by Jack Eichel during the second period. Andrei Vasilevskiy went 3-5-1 over nine starts in place of Bishop, who is a potential free agent after the season.

The Sabres, bidding for their first five-game point streak (3-1-1) since March 2012, got goals from Matt Moulson and Evander Kane. Anders Nilsson stopped 25 shots in his second consecutive start in place of Robin Lehner, who is ill.

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Mike Sullivan found himself heading to the locker room a couple minutes before his players.

The Pittsburgh Penguins head coach was assessed a game misconduct at the 18:03 mark of the third period of Thursday's 4-1 loss in Ottawa.

Defenseman Justin Schultz had been called for goalie interference 12 seconds earlier, perhaps causing Sullivan to offer some choice words from behind the bench.

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The Pittsburgh Penguins are officially in a slump.

A 4-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Thursday means Mike Sullivan's crew has dropped back-to-back games in regulation for the first time since losing four straight from Dec. 14 through Dec. 19, 2015.

Those were, in fact, the first four games of Mike Sullivan's tenure as head coach. And the Penguins probably laughed about them during one of their many Stanley Cup parties over the summer.

The Penguins went into the new year on a four-game win streak, their bye week beginning on Jan. 1. They were back in action on Sunday, a 6-2 win over Tampa Bay, but lost 5-2 to Washington on Wednesday before Thursday's defeat.

Mike Condon was strong for Ottawa, making 29 saves on 30 shots. Matt Murray made his first start for Pittsburgh since Dec. 20, and made 29 stops on 33 shots.

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