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Oilers beat Rangers 3-1 as Draisaitl scores twice in Edmonton

Leon Draisaitl scored twice as Edmonton beat the New York Rangers 3-1 to sweep their season series. Philadelphia beat Vancouver 3-1, while San Jose ended a five-game losing streak.

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ESPN. (EconoTimes)
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The Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Rangers 3-1 on Nov. 10 at Rogers Place, ESPN reported. Leon Draisaitl scored twice for Edmonton as the Oilers completed a sweep of their season series against the Rangers.

The victory meant Edmonton finished its games against the Rangers this season without a defeat. The Oilers won the season series by beating New York in each of the meetings between the teams.

After the victory, the Oilers' record stood at 13 wins, three losses and three overtime or shootout losses. The overtime or shootout losses were listed separately from the other losses in Edmonton's record.

Connor McDavid also scored for Edmonton in the victory over New York. Draisaitl's goals and McDavid's goal accounted for Edmonton's scoring against the Rangers at Rogers Place.

The Rangers' record stood at 10 wins, eight losses and one overtime or shootout loss after the defeat. The game drew 17,047 spectators, according to ESPN's scoreboard.

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 at Rogers Arena on Nov. 10. Michael Bunting and Travis Konecny scored in the first two periods to help Philadelphia secure the victory over Vancouver.

The goals from Bunting and Konecny came during the opening two periods of the game. Philadelphia went on to finish the contest with a victory against the Canucks at Rogers Arena.

Philadelphia's record stood at five wins, 10 losses and five overtime or shootout losses after the game. Vancouver had three wins, 16 losses and one overtime or shootout loss.

Attendance at Rogers Arena was 17,119, the largest of the three completed games. The crowd for Philadelphia's victory over Vancouver exceeded the attendance at the games in Edmonton and San Jose.

The San Jose Sharks beat the New York Islanders 3-2 in a shootout at SAP Center at San Jose on Nov. 10. The victory ended San Jose's five-game losing streak.

Ivar Stenberg scored the only goal in the eight-round shootout. The shootout is the tiebreaking contest in which players take individual attempts against the opposing goaltender.

Stenberg's goal was the only successful scoring attempt during that tiebreaking contest. The Sharks emerged from the shootout with a victory over the Islanders to bring their losing streak to an end.

San Jose's record stood at eight wins, 11 losses and one overtime or shootout loss after the victory. The Islanders had seven wins, six losses and four overtime or shootout losses.

The game at SAP Center at San Jose drew 13,769 spectators.

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