Henrique scores two goals, streaking Oilers beat Bruins

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The Oilers’ Adam Henrique celebrates with teammates after scoring one of his two goals against Boston on Tuesday. Rich Gagnon / Getty Images

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Adam Henrique scored two goals and Connor McDavid extended his point streak to 13 games with a power-play score midway through the second period as the Oilers won their fourth straight game, 4-0, over the Bruins on Tuesday at Boston.

Stuart Skinner, who left the game late in the first period after a collision with the Bruins’ Nikita Zadorov before returning at the start of the second, stopped 26 shots as the Oilers won for the 12th time in their last 15 games.

It was the Bruins’ fifth straight loss, their worst stretch since interim coach Joe Sacco took over for the fired Jim Montgomery on Nov. 19.

Zadorov wanted to make sure he apologized to Skinner as soon as he saw him return.

“He got me pretty good,” Skinner said. “I think that’s like the fifth hit I’ve got this year. He apologized after, at the start of the second period, which was really nice of him to do. It’s an NHL play. It happened.”

BLUE JACKETS 4, PENGUINS 3 (SO): Kirill Marchenko and Kent Johnson scored in the shootout and Columbus rallied to win at Pittsburgh. Elvis Merzlikins, who made 20 saves, stopped Bryan Rust and Sidney Crosby in the shootout, as Columbus came back from a 3-1 deficit in the third period.

RED WINGS 3, SENATORS 2 (OT): Patrick Kane scored on a power play with 2:39 remaining in overtime and Detroit extended its winning streak to five games by beating visiting Ottawa.

LIGHTNING 3, HURRICANES 2: Brayden Point scored with 52 seconds to play and Tampa Bay snapped a four-game skid with a victory over visiting Carolina.

STARS 5, RANGERS 4: Jamie Benn scored on a power play 2:17 into overtime and Dallas rallied from an early three-goal deficit to win at New York.

MAPLE LEAFS 3, FLYERS 2: Auston Matthews and John Tavares each had a goal and an assist to lead Toronto to its fifth straight win, at Philadelphia. Matthew Knies tallied the go-ahead goal with 6:39 remaining to help the Maple Leafs sweep a home-and-home set with the Flyers.

WILD 6, BLUES 4: Matt Boldy’s tiebreaking goal early in the third period completed Minnesota’s comeback from a two-score deficit to beat visiting St. Louis for its fourth straight victory. Boldy snapped in a shot off a pass from Mats Zuccarello on a 2-on-1 rush after Blues defenseman Jake Broberg’s stick broke in the neutral zone.

JETS 5, PREDATORS 2: Morgan Barron and Josh Morrissey scored 16 seconds apart to help Winnipeg beat visiting Nashville and give goalie Connor Hellebuyck his 300th NHL career win.