NBCSN DOUBLEHEADER HIGHLIGHTS TUESDAY’S NINE-GAME SLATE
Tuesday’s nine scheduled games include a pair of contests airing nationally in the U.S. on NBCSN, with the Islanders and Sabres set to square off as divisional opponents for the first time since 1973-74 as well as the Avalanche and Wild contesting their third of four straight head-to-head meetings.



EDMONTON, OTTAWA SET TO MEET AGAIN AFTER 8-5 OILERS WIN SUNDAY
The Oilers and Senators, who combined for 13 goals Sunday highlighted by six- and five-point showings from League leaders Leon Draisaitl (0-6—6) and Connor McDavid (1-4—5), are set to go head-to-head again at Rogers Place (10 p.m. ET on RDS, TSN5, SNOL, ESPN+).

* Edmonton and Ottawa are currently averaging the most goals per game among any head-to-head series in the NHL season (13.0 G/GP), followed by Montreal and Vancouver which eclipsed 30 combined goals on Monday (9.0 G/GP) and square off again tonight at Bell Centre (7 p.m. ET on RDS, TSN2, SNP).

* Only two players skating with a Canadian-based team in the last 30 years required fewer games than McDavid (8-14—22 in 11 GP) and Draisaitl (6-15—21 in 11 GP) to record 20 points against domestic opponents.



BRUINS, FLAMES AND RANGERS EACH RALLY TO RECORD COMEBACK WINS
The Bruins (6-1-2, 14 points), Flames (4-3-1, 9 points) and Rangers (3-4-2, 8 points) overcame respective deficits to earn wins Monday:

* With Boston trailing 3-0 in the second period, David Pastrnak (2-0—2) scored two of his team’s five unanswered goals as the Bruins improved to 5-0-1 in their past six contests and halted the Capitals’ season-opening point streak at nine games. Monday marked the sixth time in the last 25 years Boston has overcame a three-goal deficit to win in regulation.

* Trailing 2-0 through 20 minutes, Christopher Tanevscored from his own blueline and Johnny Gaudreau found the back of the net in the third period – as well as the decisive marker in the shootout – as the Flames earned their second win in as many games. Gaudreau extended the League’s longest active point streak to eight games (6-4—10) and became the fifth player in franchise history to record a season-opening point streak of at least eight contests. Two players registered a run of at least that length to start 2019-20: Nathan MacKinnon (8-10—18 in 13 GP) and Leon Draisaitl (6-10—16 in 8 GP).

* Skating in his 400th career game, Artemi Panarin (1-2—3) factored on all three unanswered Rangers goals as New York split its back-to-back set with Pittsburgh. Panarin boosted his career totals to 153-274—427; only five undrafted players have recorded more points through their 400th career game than the Rangers forward.



CANADIENS BENEFIT FROM ANOTHER HIGH-SCORING OUTBURST VS. CANUCKS
Montreal raced to a 6-1 lead in the opening two periods en route to victory and has tallied at least five times in all four head-to-head matchups versus Vancouver this season. The Canadiens scored at least five goals in four consecutive games against one opponent within a single regular season for the first time since 1992-93, when they did so against the Hartford Whalers.



* Montreal moved to 11-0-2 in its last 13 games against Vancouver dating to Nov. 16, 2015 (VAN: 2-9-2), extending the club’s longest active point streak versus one opponent. Throughout that run, Claude Julien owns an 8-0-2 record in 10 career head-to-head games against Travis Green – who was named Canucks head coach just a few months after Julien was brought back for a second stint behind the Canadiens bench.

* Tyler Toffoli (1-0—1), who skated 10 regular-season games and seven playoff contests with Vancouver in 2019-20, has scored six of his team-leading seven goals against his former club this season (6-2—8 in 4 GP). Only three other Canadiens players have recorded as many goals versus the Canucks in a single regular season – each skater other than Toffoli did so while the teams competed in the NHL’s East Division for four consecutive seasons from 1970-71 to 1973-74.

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