SUNDAY’S RESULTS
Home Team in Caps
Edmonton 3, WINNIPEG 0
NY ISLANDERS 6, Minnesota 3
NY RANGERS 3, Arizona 2
ANAHEIM 4, Vancouver 2
TALBOT LEADS OILERS PAST JETS IN HERITAGE CLASSIC
Cam Talbot stopped all 31 shots he faced to lead the Oilers past the Jets in front of a sellout crowd of 33,240 at the 2016 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg.
* The Oilers improved to 5-1-0 this season to move into first place in the NHL’s overall standings. Via Elias, Edmonton has won five of its first six games of a season for the first time since 1985-86, when the club also started 5-1-0.
* Talbot recorded the third shutout in the NHL’s 19 regular-season outdoor games to date. The others: by Calgary’s Miikka Kiprusoff in the 2011 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classicat McMahon Stadium (39 SV vs. MTL) and Anaheim’s Jonas Hiller in the 2014 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series at Dodger Stadium (36 SV at LAK).
* Talbot, who became a first-time father with the birth of twins Landon Thomas andSloane Colleen on Wednesday, has started all six games for the Oilers this season (5-1-0, 2.75 GAA, .919 SV%, 1 SO). He now has 12 career shutouts (119 GP), including four with Edmonton (62 GP).
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