Edmonton Oilers beat Minnesota Wild as Bouchard scores on 27th birthday

Draisaitl answers

Joel Eriksson Ek opened the scoring for Minnesota in the first period, putting his own rebound past Levi. Leon Draisaitl equalized late in the period, one-timing McDavid’s pass during an Edmonton five-on-three power play. The first period ended with the teams level.

Edmonton takes the lead

Draisaitl scored again early in the second period, receiving another pass from McDavid for a power-play goal. Mathieu Joseph converted a loose puck at 6:01 of the second to make it 3–1.

Minnesota draws level

Kirill Kaprizov cut Minnesota’s deficit with 9:30 remaining in the third period, sending his shot above Levi’s glove.

Ryan Hartman tied it 3–3 at 13:07 of the third, converting Bobby Brink’s pass from behind the net.

Bouchard’s birthday winner

A too-many-men penalty against Minnesota gave Edmonton a power play in overtime. That penalty set up the advantage on which the Oilers would score the winner.

Wallstedt made several short-handed saves before Evan Bouchard scored the power-play winner at 3:32 of overtime to end the game.

Bouchard’s deciding goal came on his 27th birthday. It also gave Edmonton a victory to begin its five-game homestand.

Edmonton finished with three goals from five power-play opportunities. Its penalty kill also kept Minnesota scoreless on all three of the Wild’s chances, including a five-on-three advantage.

Connor McDavid supplied three assists, bringing his total to 20 through nine games. His three-assist outing left him with 26 points over that span.

Levi finishes with 27 saves

Devon Levi made 27 saves for Edmonton. With the overtime victory, the Oilers improved to 7–1–1, with seven wins, one regulation loss and one overtime loss.