The Minnesota Wild winger recorded his 300th career goal on a wrist shot past Islander goalie Thomas Greiss.
Parise scored his 301st goal later in the second period after the puck squeaked past Greiss. The play required further review from the officials, but the goal stood after it was deemed the puck fully crossed the line.
Auston Matthews went with a topical Halloween costume this year.
The Toronto Maple Leafs' star rookie dressed up as Ken Bone, the man who famously asked a question at a recent town hall-style U.S. presidential debate.
Outdoor hockey games always produce visually stunning images, and Sunday's open-air affair between the Winnipeg Jets and the Edmonton Oilers was no different.
Here are eight photos you need to see from the Oilers' 3-0 win over the Jets at Investors Group Field:
WINNIPEG - Cam Talbot made 31 saves and Mark Letestu scored the first of three second-period goals, lifting the Edmonton Oilers over the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday 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.
Connor Hellebuyck, who had a tuque attached to his helmet, stopped 29 shots for Winnipeg.
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.
Nurse emerged from the penalty box a couple minutes later and broke for a 2-on-1 with Connor McDavid. Nurse took a pass from McDavid, then sent a shot over Hellebuyck's glove with 8:50 left.
McDavid has four goals and five assists in six games.
Kassian gave the Oilers a three-goal advantage with 2:44 left after Jets rookie Patrik Laine turned over the puck.
Edmonton had a two-man advantage for 55 seconds midway through the third period but couldn't stretch its lead.
NOTES: Jets veteran defenseman Mark Stuart and forward Chris Thorburn were healthy scratches. The Oilers sat forward Anton Slepyshev and defenseman Matthew Benning.
The NHL's fascination with outdoor games has gone from experiment, to tradition, to gimmick.
What was once an annual tradition has lost its luster, with the league attempting to maximize profits by increasing the number of games from a single Winter Classic on New Year's Day, to multiple outdoor affairs throughout the season.
The possibilities for compelling new outdoor games dwindle with every passing event, but there are several things the league can do to make them worth watching again.
Here are five ways the NHL can revive interest in the outdoor game:
Less is more
After three years of holding one outdoor game per season (from 2008-10), the NHL held two in 2010-11, then scheduled an astounding six outdoor contests in 2013-14, before scaling back to a pair in 2014-15, and three last season.
Including Sunday's Heritage Classic, four outdoor games will take place in 2016-17. The league can't be blamed for celebrating its centennial with an extra game, but that's still too many.
Let's bring it back to one - or at most, two - per season. One Winter Classic and one Heritage Classic every two or three years would be ideal.
Enough with the same old teams
One of the biggest gripes among fans is that outdoor games always seem to involve the same teams - Original Six or otherwise.
While the NHL has occasionally incorporated newer markets, the criticism is warranted.
Those climates wouldn't be ideal, but there have been two outdoor games in California, and the warm-weather contenders could always play in a colder environment.
Keep exploring neutral sites
After the 2016-17 games are played, 18 of the league's 28 metropolitan areas will have hosted an outdoor event. Chicago, New York, Massachusetts, and Pittsburgh will have held it twice.
Going into uncharted territory is clearly the next step, and the best way to inject new life.
One beautiful game deserves another
Neutral sites are one thing, but let's take it a step further and go across the pond.
We've seen these held in NFL stadiums, college facilities, and Major League ballparks, so why not take it to a soccer stadium in England?
Tottenham is building a state-of-the-art, 61,000-seat facility with the NFL in mind, and it's expected to open for the 2018-19 season. Failing that, there are plenty of other options. The Colorado Avalanche are run by the Kroenke family, which also holds a large stake in Arsenal.
Long-term growth of the game and eyeballs gained thanks to curiosity will outweigh the immediate cost.
Put the kids in the international spotlight
The NHL has always struggled to market its stars. That's exactly what it should do with outdoor games, because they're a perfect advertising vehicle on U.S. national TV.
Canadian teams don't usually move the needle below the 49th parallel, so the league should match them up with a major U.S. market and showcase the best young talent to a larger audience.
For example, the Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews will play in the Centennial Classic against a Red Wings squad featuring fellow American youngster Dylan Larkin.
NBC justifiably wants more of Matthews, and should put him in as many of these as possible. And it should work on showcasing the rest of the next generation of stars, as well.
Connor McDavid has made his presence felt at the Heritage Classic.
The Edmonton Oilers captain patiently out waited the Winnipeg Jets' defense and sent a perfect pass over to Darnell Nurse, who had exited the penalty box moments earlier.
McDavid's assist was his ninth point in six games this season, and his first ever to be recorded in an outdoor game.
The goal came 1:46 after Mark Letestu had opened the scoring with a shorthanded breakaway goal.
