Connor McDavid, Oilers end Red Wings' three-game winning streak

Ted Kulfan, The Detroit News on Dec 11, 2025

Published in Hockey

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The Red Wings — and they're hardly the first team to have faced this dilemma — had no answer Thursday for Connor McDavid.

The Edmonton Oilers' star was at his best against the Wings, assisting on all four goals as the Oilers defeated the Wings, 4-1.

The loss was the first for the Wings (17-12-3) in regulation time during this six-game road trip (3-1-1), which concludes Saturday in Chicago and ended a three-game Wings' win streak.

Simon Edvinsson, who left Wednesday's game in Calgary early after taking a shot to the skate, returned to the lineup and against the Oilers (14-11-6) and scored his fourth goal.

Zach Hyman scored three Edmonton goals (one a power play, one empty net) and Mattias Ekholm had the other goal. And all four goals were by way of McDavid's primary assists.

The two best resulted in Hyman goals. McDavid threaded a pass through the slot in the first period to feed Hyman in front, a power play goal, that gave Edmonton a 1-0 lead.

Early in the second period, McDavid turned and found a trailing Ekholm, who put a puck on net and beat a screened goaltender Cam Talbot (25 saves) for Ekholm's third goal.

Edvinsson cut the lead to 2-1 at 5:41 of the second period. Nate Danielson centered a pass to Edvinsson, joining the rush, in the slot and Edvinsson batted a puck past goaltender Stuart Skinner (27 saves).

But the Oilers restored the two-goal lead on Hyman's second goal, by way of McDavid's third assist. McDavid somehow saw Hyman in good position in the slot, and fed Hyman with a between the legs pass from near the side of the net, Hyman snapping his fourth goal at 17:48 of the second period.