Isaac Howard scored his first NHL goal and Connor McDavid had a goal for the Oilers (3-3-1), who had lost three straight. Stuart Skinner made 21 saves for his 100th NHL win.
“It’s been quite the journey,” Skinner reminisced when asked about how he’s grown since his debut win against the Senators on Jan. 31, 2021. “I’m definitely miles ahead of that guy when I was 21 years old.”
Dylan Cozens and Thomas Chabot scored, and Ullmark made 22 saves for Ottawa (2-4-1), which entered the third period down 2-0.
“It was a good game; I liked our game a lot tonight,” Senators coach Travis Green said. “I didn’t like that we didn’t win, but it was a big step in the right direction. … It was a lot more like how we want to play. We talked about playing connected, I thought we saw a team who was on the same page tonight, for the most part.”
Adam Henrique had two shots in 13:17 of ice time in his 1,000th career NHL game. He is the first player to appear with Edmonton during the milestone.
McDavid gave the Oilers a 1-0 lead at 16:31 of the first period when he one-timed a centering pass from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on a power play. It was his first goal in seven games this season.
“We don’t get too rattled about how things are going,” Knoblauch said of his team snapping its losing streak. “When times were tough, we could’ve really unraveled; we could’ve really fell apart. But we stuck with it and our composure was good.”
