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Connor McDavid nets Nos. 400, 401 as Oilers topple Mammoth

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NHL: Edmonton Oilers at Utah MammothMar 24, 2026; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid (97) celebrates a goal against the Utah Mammoth during the second period at Delta Center. Mandatory Credit: Rob Gray-Imagn Images

Connor McDavid scored his 400th and 401st career goals, the first of which gave the Edmonton Oilers the lead for good in a 5-2 win against the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday in Salt Lake City.

Eight seconds after Utah’s Lawson Crouse tied the game 2-2 at 11:59 of the second period, McDavid caught a break on a 2-on-1 and put the puck off the crossbar and in to put the Oilers back on top.

Jack Roslovic also scored twice and Evan Bouchard had three assists for the Oilers (35-28-9, 79 points), who had lost two consecutive games but passed the Vegas Golden Knights for second place in the Pacific Division. Matt Savoie added a goal, and Tristan Jarry made 16 saves.

Alexander Kerfoot scored for the Mammoth (37-29-6, 80 points), who had won three of their previous four games. They still hold the first Western Conference wild-card spot. Vitek Vanecek stopped all 10 shots he faced in relief of Karel Vejmelka, who allowed four goals on 15 shots over the first two periods.

Kerfoot put Utah ahead 1-0 at 11:12 of the first period. Sean Durzi set Kerfoot up with a no-look drop pass, and the center’s snap shot deflected off of Edmonton defenseman Connor Murphy before it coasted over Jarry’s shoulder.

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Roslovic tied it 1-1 at 14:27 of the first when Jake Walman set him up on the rush for a wrist shot that went in off the bar. The Oilers outshot the Mammoth 8-3 in the opening frame.

Edmonton grabbed its first lead at 11:24 of the second period. The Oilers were on the penalty kill when Bouchard set Savoie up for a short-handed goal.

Crouse responded to tie the game at 35 seconds later. He received Michael Carcone’s pass off the boards before the power play expired to make it 2-2.

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Following McDavid’s goal, Roslovic extended the lead to 4-2 at 15:04 of the middle frame. Zach Hyman’s shot ricocheted off the post, and Roslovic collected the puck to score on the rebound.

McDavid scored into an empty net with eight seconds left in the third period.

–Field Level Media

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Liv Morgan addresses Dominik Mysterio after his loss at WrestleMania 42

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Liv Morgan has addressed Dominik Mysterio’s loss to Finn Balor at WrestleMania 42. While Morgan was victorious against Stephanie Vaquer in Night 1, his Daddy Dom failed to beat Demon Finn.

The reigning AAA Mega Champion appeared confident ahead of his Street Fight against his former Judgment Day stablemate. However, The Demon had a different aura and energy that got Dirty Dom scrambling at the start.

Dominik Mysterio had several chances of getting the win over Finn Balor, but The Demon was on another level on Sunday night. He hit a devastating Shotgun Dropkick to Dominik while a chair was around his neck before putting him away with a Coup de Grace through a table.

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In a post on Instagram, Liv Morgan seemingly doesn’t care about the outcome of Dirty Dom’s match.

“Always a winner in my eyes 🫶✨ @dominik_35,” Morgan wrote.

It will be interesting to see what’s next for Dominik and Liv for Monday’s post-WrestleMania episode of Raw. Liv is expected to celebrate her championship win, but Dominik and JD McDonagh were unsuccessful in their respective WrestleMania matches.

McDonagh failed to capture the Intercontinental Championship in the Six-Pack Ladder Match on Sunday.


Why did WWE make Dominik Mysterio vs. Finn Balor match a Street Fight?

The initial match between Dominik Mysterio and Finn Balor at WrestleMania 42 was just a singles match. A week later, WWE announced that Balor will be using The Demon in the match, marking the return of his alter ego after nearly three years.

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Fast forward to Sunday, and WWE made another change to the match, making it a Street Fight. According to Fightful Select, the company decided to add a stipulation due to the number of singles matches on the card.

“Fightful Select has learned that the street fight stipulation was added to Finn Balor vs. Dominik Mysterio within the last week due to the number of singles matches on the Wrestlemania 42 card,” the report said.

There were six matches on Night 2 of WrestleMania 42, five of which were one-on-one matches. Three of the five were title matches, while the opener was Brock Lesnar vs. Oba Femi, so adding a stipulation to a heated rivalry like Dominik vs. Finn wasn’t too complicated to make.