The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Minnesota Wild 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday at Rogers Place, secured by Evan Bouchard on a power play at 3:32 of the extra period.
Minnesota opened the scoring 3:32 into the first period when Joel Eriksson Ek snapped in his second goal of the season off assists from Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy. Edmonton answered with three consecutive goals. Leon Draisaitl tied the game on a power-play snap shot with three seconds remaining in the opening period, then scored another power-play goal 1:03 into the second period to give Edmonton the lead. Mathieu Joseph expanded the advantage to 3-1 at 6:01 of the second period with an even-strength backhand goal.
The Wild fought back in the third period with two unanswered even-strength goals. Kaprizov pulled Minnesota within one at 10:30 with a snap shot, set up by Boldy and Jonas Brodin. Ryan Hartman then tied the game 3-3 at 13:07 by scoring his first goal of the season off feeds from Bobby Brink and Quinn Hughes, sending the contest into overtime before Bouchard scored the decisive goal.
Edmonton finished 3 for 5 on the power play, while Minnesota went 0 for 3 with the man advantage. In goal, Devon Levi made 27 saves on 30 shots to earn the victory for the Oilers. Jesper Wallstedt stopped 28 of 32 shots for the Wild in the overtime loss.
The victory improved Edmonton to 7-1-1 on the season and extended their winning streak to two games. Connor McDavid recorded three assists in the game, bringing his season total to 20. Minnesota moved to 6-2-2 after securing one point from the overtime defeat.
Both teams return to the ice on Thursday. The Oilers host the Carolina Hurricanes, while the Wild visit the Calgary Flames.
