What Happened
Evan Bouchard scored an overtime power-play goal with 1:28 remaining to give the Edmonton Oilers a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday. Bouchard, celebrating his 27th birthday, netted his seventh goal of the season while the Wild served a too-many-men penalty. Leon Draisaitl scored twice, Mathieu Joseph added a goal and Connor McDavid recorded three assists. Devon Levi stopped 27 shots for Edmonton. Joel Eriksson Ek, Kirill Kaprizov and Ryan Hartman scored for Minnesota, which got 28 saves from Jesper Wallstedt.
Key Details
- Bouchard's winner came with 1:28 left in overtime while Minnesota was penalized for too many men.
- Draisaitl scored twice; Joseph also scored for Edmonton.
- McDavid had three assists and extended his season-opening point streak to nine games.
- Levi made 27 saves for the Oilers; Wallstedt made 28 for the Wild.
- Edmonton is 7-1-1 and has won seven of its last eight games.
- Minnesota is 6-2-2 and had its two-game winning streak ended.
What It Means
The result keeps Edmonton among the league's early front-runners at 7-1-1, with McDavid's 26 points already more than a quarter of the way to a 10th career 100-point season. Bouchard's overtime goal was his seventh of the year. Minnesota's loss halted a two-game run, though Kaprizov's 17 points through 10 games rank second in franchise history for that span behind his own 21 in 2024-25.