No McMassacre this time as Penguins beat Oilers, 5-3

Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby (87) and Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid play during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. The Penguins won 3-1.(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

PITTSBURGH — This article originally appeared on PGHHockeyNOW.com.

The Pittsburgh Penguins had lost seven consecutive games to Edmonton before Thursday evening.

They had been outscored in those games, 37-9, and might have been outplayed even more than those numbers suggest.

And most of the time, Connor McDavid’s fingerprints were all over the Oilers’ victories.

After being held to three goals and seven assists in his first eight games against the Penguins, McDavid had piled up six goals and 11 assists during the Oilers’ 7-0 run.

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