Bouchard, who also had an assist, took a pass from Connor McDavid and scored on a wrist shot from the top of the left circle, high short side past Jesper Wallstedt on a 4-on-3 advantage after the Wild were penalized for too many men on the ice.
Kirill Kaprizov cut it to 3-2 for Minnesota at 10:30 of the third period, taking a pass into the slot from Matt Boldy on the rush and scoring high glove side past Devon Levi.
Ryan Hartman then tied it 3-3 at 13:07, taking a backhand pass from behind the net by Bobby Brink and sending the puck past Levi’s glove from the slot to help force overtime.
Leon Draisaitl scored twice, and McDavid had three assists to extend his season-opening point streak to nine games for the Oilers (7-1-1), who have won seven of eight. Levi made 27 saves.
McDavid has 26 points (six goals, 20 assists) during his streak.
Kaprizov also had an assist, and Boldy had two assists for the Wild (6-2-2), who had won two in a row and four of five (4-1-0). Wallstedt made 28 saves.
Joel Eriksson Ek gave the Wild a 1-0 at 3:32 of the first period, taking a pass from behind the net by Kaprizov and getting a shot in tight on Levi’s left pad before kicking the puck back to his stick and sending it around the other pad.
At 17:15, a review was held on a play where Eriksson Ek took a series of point-blank shots in a crowded crease, confirming the puck had not crossed the goal line.
With three seconds left in the period, Draisaitl tied it 1-1 during a 5-on-3 power play off a no-look cross-ice pass from McDavid to the right face-off dot for a low one-timer past Wallstedt’s glove.
Still on the power play to open the second period, Draisaitl scored his second goal to give the Oilers a 2-1 lead at 1:03, taking a feed from behind the net from McDavid and sending it far side past Wallstedt’s blocker.
Mathieu Joseph made it 3-1 at 6:01 shortly after an Edmonton power play ended, scoring on a rebound of Alex Formenton’s slap shot from the slot.
