Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid (97) and Eric Gryba (62) leave the ice after the warmup skate at the NHL Heritage Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid (97) and Eric Gryba (62) leave the ice after the warmup skate at the NHL Heritage Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP) Credit: JOHN WOODS

Winnipeg, Manitoba — Cam Talbot has watched two outdoor NHL games from the bench in his career. He made the most of his first chance to play in one Sunday.

Talbot made 31 saves and Mark Letestu scored the first of three second-period goals, lifting the Edmonton Oilers over the Winnipeg Jets in an outdoor game delayed almost two hours by sunlight melting the ice.

The Heritage Classic victory extended Edmonton’s winning streak to three in front of 33,240 at Investors Group Field. Fans wore both Jets and Oilers jerseys to the league’s 19th outdoor game.

Talbot got his 12th career shutout and first this season.

“I was really excited for this one, obviously, to get a chance to play in my first game,” said Talbot, who was a backup when his former New York Rangers played in two Stadium Series games. “The atmosphere was great out there; the ice was in pretty good condition. It was just one heck of a weekend.”

Zack Kassian had a goal and an assist and Darnell Nurse also scored for Edmonton.

Connor Hellebuyck, who had a tuque attached to his helmet, stopped 29 shots for Winnipeg.

“Certainly would have liked to give the fans one reason to get out of their seats today, (but) we couldn’t do that for them,” Jets coach Paul Maurice said.

The NHL said the start of the Heritage Classic game was delayed “due to intermittent sunlight on the playing surface” and “in the interest of player safety.”

The Jets committed a series of errors that allowed Edmonton to break the game open in the second period.

Islanders 6, Wild 3

New York — John Tavares had two goals and an assist, Johnny Boychuk scored for the second straight game and New York beat Minnesota.

Calvin de Haan, Alan Quine and Thomas Hickey also scored to help New York get its highest scoring total of the year and win for the third time in four home games after opening with two road losses. Thomas Greiss stopped 26 shots for his first win in two starts this season.

Islanders rookie Anthony Beauvillier had two assists, giving the 19-year-old at least a point in three straight games.

Zach Parise scored twice for Minnesota to top 300 goals for his career, and Nino Niederreiter also scored. Second-string goalie Darcy Kuemper made 27 saves.

Rangers 3, Coyotes 2

New York — Dan Girardi scored 1:55 into the third period and New York beat Arizona.

Josh Jooris and J.T. Miller also scored for New York, which has won consecutive games to improve to 4-2-0. Henrik Lundqvist made 27 stops.

Radim Vrbata had both of Arizona’s goals, and Louis Domingue made 23 saves. The Coyotes have lost their first four games on a six-game trip since beating Philadelphia in overtime at home to start the season.

Girardi put the Rangers ahead with a slap shot from the right point.

The veteran was paired with rookie Brady Skjei in his first game after missing New York’s previous three with a strained groin, and Skjei assisted on the goal.