Boston
Cam Talbot stopped 33 shots for the Oilers. He took a 4-2 lead into the final four minutes before David Krejci scored on a rebound of Patrice Bergeron’s shot in the last two seconds of a 5-on-3 power play.
But Talbot killed off the rest of the power play with the Oilers one man down. He then blanked Boston for another minute with goalie Tuukka Rask pulled for an extra skater.
Bergeron and Colin Miller also scored for the Bruins, and Rask stopped 21 shots.
The Oilers have won five of their last eight.
The night opened with a ceremony to honor “the ultimate Bruin,” former Boston captain, coach and general manager Milt Schmidt, who died on Wednesday at 98.
But a little more than a minute after the ceremony ended, Connor McDavid slid around Chara and sent a backhand pass to Maroon, who one-timed it past Rask’s right skate. Boston tied it seven minutes later when Miller’s slap shot from the right point went in off Talbot’s pad.
The Bruins took a 2-1 lead midway through the second when David Pastrnak found Bergeron in the slot, and he wristed it in on the stick side. But the Oilers tied it with seven minutes left in the second on another goal from Maroon, who backhanded it under Rask’s right pad.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins broke a 2-2 tie just 14 seconds into the third, then Maroon scored his third of the game midway through the final period on an unassisted goal that was upheld after the Bruins challenged for offside coming into the zone.
The Bruins had won nine of the last 11 times the Oilers visited Boston, but Edmonton won last season’s meeting.
Notes: Bruins F David Backes sat out his third straight game with a concussion. He practiced on Wednesday. … Chara got in a fight with Maroon in the first four minutes. Chara sat in the penalty box with an ice pack on his right hand.
Washington
The Jackets just didn’t have it Thursday night. Columbus lost a clunker to Washington, ending its winning streak at 16 games, one shy of the record set by the 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Blue Jackets’ fear-inducing, league-leading power play was blanked over five chances, and Columbus lost for the first time since Nov. 26. Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, rock solid throughout the streak, was chased and replaced by Curtis McElhinney after allowing goals to Daniel Winnik, John Carlson, Nate Schmidt, Andre Burakovsky and Justin Williams on 23 shots.
The Capitals extended their winning streak to four and moved within five points of the Blue Jackets for the top spot in the ultra-competitive Metropolitan Division. They were eager to curb Columbus’ run, with Burakovsky saying earlier Thursday, “It’s going to be a really fun moment for us to end it.” A fan at the game held a sign that read, “Hey Blue Jackets, streaking is not allowed in here.”
Tampa, Fla.
Tampa Bay pulled its goalie for an extra skater with seven minutes left in the third, and Sissons got his second of the game a minute later before completing the trick from close with three minutes remaining. He entered with two goals this season and seven overall in 78 career games.
St. Louis
Skinner scored a power-play goal with 6:08 remaining to make it 3-2, and then Ryan added an empty-netter for his second of the game with 1:19 left.
Jay McClement also scored for Carolina, which ended a two-game losing streak. Cam Ward made 21 saves.