Evan Bouchard's OT goal lifts Oilers past Wild 4-3 on his 27th birthday
Edmonton improved to 7-1-1 as Bouchard scored with 1:28 left in overtime during a power play, while Connor McDavid extended his points streak to all nine games.
Evan Bouchard scored the overtime winner on his 27th birthday as the Edmonton Oilers beat the visiting Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Tuesday, improving to 7-1-1 on the season. Bouchard's seventh goal of the year came with 1:28 left in overtime while Minnesota was serving a too-many-men penalty, capping a game that pitted Wild sniper Kirill Kaprizov against Oilers captain Connor McDavid.
Edmonton led 3-1 after two periods before the Wild rallied to tie it, with goals from Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek and Ryan Hartman. Mathieu Joseph also scored for the Oilers, who have won seven of their last eight games. Leon Draisaitl added two goals for his 75th career multi-point game, and Bouchard's assist gave him points in eight of nine games this season, leading all NHL defencemen with seven goals and 11 assists.
McDavid picked up three assists to reach 26 points in nine games, extending his season-opening point streak to all nine games and becoming the fastest player in NHL history to reach 20 assists. He also became just the sixth player in league history to record 25 points within a team's first 10 games.
Goaltender Devon Levi stopped 27 shots for the win, improving to 5-1-0 since being acquired from Buffalo in the off-season. Kaprizov scored his league-leading 11th goal of the season as the Wild, who arrived on a two-game winning streak, fell to 6-2-2.
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