Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored for the Oilers, who are the No. 2 seed from the Pacific Division.
“It definitely wasn’t ideal giving up that second one in the third, but there wasn’t much time to sulk and think about it. We had to go out and still finish the period,” said Bouchard, who also had an assist. “Kudos to our forwards for battling in front. It’s a tough job getting to the goalie. I saw a lane and I took it.”
Calvin Pickard made 19 saves for the Oilers in his first Stanley Cup Playoff start.
“I was trying to channel my emotions as much as I could. Obviously it’s tough, it’s a high-stakes game,” said Pickard, 32, who made his playoff debut Sunday when he replaced Stuart Skinner in the third period of Game 3, a 4-3 loss. “It’s a great opportunity. The guys played great in front of me and now it’s a best-of-3.”
Conor Garland scored, and Arturs Silovs made 27 saves for the Canucks, who are the No. 1 seed from the Pacific.
“I’m disappointed,” Vancouver coach Rick Tocchet said. “There are too many soft plays on that (third) goal, four or five plays. You have to dig in there. I thought we had four or five guys make mistakes on that goal. You can’t do that.
“We’ve been a resilient group all year, but we need five or six guys to get going. This is the Stanley Cup Playoffs, there are some guys, I don’t know if they thought it was playoffs, and we can’t play with 12 guys.”
Draisaitl put the Oilers ahead 1-0 at 11:10 of the first period with a power-play goal when Connor McDavid found him at the right face-off dot for a one-timer. That made it nine straight playoff games for Edmonton with a power-play goal, the longest streak in team history.