QUICK RECAP: Oilers 4, Wild 3 (OT)

EDMONTON, AB – Happy birthday, Bouch!

Evan Bouchard scored the emphatic winner on his 27th birthday, tucking his snap shot under the crossbar with 1:28 left in overtime as the Edmonton Oilers staved off a resilient Minnesota Wild comeback in the third period to earn the extra point in a 4-3 victory on Tuesday night at Rogers Place.

"The power play was a big part of this game," Bouchard said. "Our penalty kill was stellar tonight, too. I just kind of got the puck in an open lane and took my shot."

Leon Draisaitl had a pair of power-play goals, taking over the team lead with eight this season, while Connor McDavid extended his season-opening point streak to nine games with three assists and continued his torrid pace to begin the campaign.

The Oilers went 3-for-5 on the power play, while the penalty kill was a perfect 3-for-3 against the Wild's second-ranked man advantage in the NHL coming into Tuesday.

"They pressed hard," Bouchard said. "They're a good hockey team. They weren't going to quit. There are definitely some things to clean up, but in the end, we battled and got the win we needed."

McDavid became the fastest player to reach 20 assists in a single season in NHL history, and the sixth player to record 25 points in the first 10 games of a season.

The Oilers captain now leads the League with six goals and 20 assists in nine games.

Devon Levi made a handful of excellent stops in a 27-save win, making a crucial toe save on Joel Eriksson Ek in the third period with the game tied 3-3, as the Oilers improved to 7-1-1 with the victory against one of the Western Conference's top teams.

"Good teams find a way to win," Bouchard said. "We did that tonight against very good opposition."

After Leon Draisaitl potted a pair of power-play goals 1:06 apart across the first & second periods and Mathieu Joseph scored for a second straight game to have the Oilers ahead 3-1 after 40 minutes, the Wild battled back with two goals in 2:37 in the final frame to force overtime.

But in sudden death, a costly too-many-men penalty by Minnesota sent Edmonton's already red-hot power play back out with the chance to win it at four-on-three, where Bouchard delivered the snipe under the crossbar for the overtime victory.

"We can sling that thing," Levi said of Bouchard. "A super special player. So happy for him that he got the overtime winner on his birthday. It's special."

The Oilers will continue their five-game homestand on Thursday with another tough challenge against the Carolina Hurricanes. Puck drop is at 7:00 PM MDT.

FIRST PERIOD

16:28: MIN GOAL | Joel Eriksson Ek - Kirill Kaprizov, Matt Boldy

The Oilers got off to a good start with some early chances, but the Wild capitalize on an offensive-zone faceoff and a friendly bounce into the middle from below the goal line, with Eriksson Ek collecting and scoring on the second try against Devon Levi in tight.

Kirill Kaprizov gets the lone assist for getting a stick to the puck in the corner in a battle with Evan Bouchard. MIN 1, EDM 0

2:45: The play is reviewed after a Matt Boldy tight opportunity might've crossed the goal line, but it's upheld as no goal. Minnesota still leads 1-0.

1:23: MIN PENALTY | David Spacek interference on Colton Dach

27.0: MIN PENALTY | Matt Boldy hooking on Connor McDavid

2.7: EDM GOAL | Leon Draisaitl (PP) - Connor McDavid, Evan Bouchard

LAST-SECOND LEON! With the Oilers looking to cash in before the horn on a five-on-three power play, Draisaitl dives to keep the puck from being cleared by the Wild before getting up and repositioning himself in his favourite spot inside the right circle to cap the period off with a one-timer put on his stick by McDavid.

The German's late equalizer before the intermission marks his seventh goal of the season, tying him with Vasily Podkolzin for the team lead. EDM 1, MIN 1

QUICK STATS: With the power-play goal in the first period, Draisaitl extended his point streak to four games, with his 15 points good for sixth in league scoring.

Draisaitl has now recorded at least a point in nine of his last 10 games against the Wild (5G, 10A) and has seven multi-point games in his last 12 meetings against them. McDavid extended his season-opening point streak to eight games (6G, 18A) with an assist on Draisaitl's equalizer.

END OF 1: EDM 1, MIN 1

Shots: EDM 15, MIN 12

SECOND PERIOD

18:57: EDM GOAL | Leon Draisaitl (PP) (2) - Connor McDavid, Vasily Podkolzin

LEON FOR THE LEAD! No. 29 notches his second with the power play tonight by burying McDavid's pass from below the goal line to the far side under Jesper Wallstedt's blocker.

The captain collects his second assist on Edmonton's second goal in 1:03 of action after the German tied things up late in the first period with the man advantage, with the Oilers now 2-for-3 on the power play. EDM 2, MIN 1

QUICK STATS: With a multi-point outing tonight with two assists, McDavid became just the sixth player in NHL history to have 25 points in his first 10 games of a season.

Draisaitl recorded his 75th career multi-goal game and is one shy to tie Glenn Anderson (76) for third place on the franchises all time list. With two goals tonight, both coming on the power play, he now has a team-high eight goals on the year.

16:02: MIN PENALTY | Ryan Hartman tripping on Evan Bouchard

12:57: EDM GOAL | Mathieu Joseph - Alex Formenton, Owen Michaels

MOJO DOUBLES THE LEAD! Just as Hartman comes out of the box, it's a quick one-touch play by Owen Michaels on the feed from Evan Bouchard into the slot that leaves it for Alex Formenton, who lines up a wide-open shot that trickles through Wallstedt and sits loose in the crease before Joseph easily finishes it off. EDM 3, MIN 1

QUICK STAT: With his second-period goal, Mathieu Joseph has goals in back-to-back games and has points in three straight games (2G, 1A) and points in four of his last five outings. (2G, 2A). Owen Michaels and Alex Formenton assisted on the goal, with all three players in the team’s active lineup this season.

11:34: EDM PENALTY | Mathieu Joseph high-sticking on Ryan Hartman

10:18: EDM PENALTY | Connor Murphy tripping on Joel Eriksson Ek

9:34: Devon Levi commits highway robbery on a clean look for Quinn Hughes! He lashes out with the glove after the defenceman tried to rip it top shelf.

8:18: The Oilers kill off the five-on-three after the Wild took a timeout.

4:21: MIN PENALTY | Jonas Brodin cross-checking on Connor McDavid

END OF 2 | EDM 3, MIN 1

Shots: EDM 8, MIN 7

THIRD PERIOD

19:09: EDM PENALTY | Mattias Ekholm holding on Joel Eriksson Ek

9:30: MIN GOAL | Kirill Kaprizov - Matt Boldy, Jonas Brodin

The Wild make it a one-goal game on a snipe from Kaprizov after Boldy fed it to the middle while coming across the blueline. EDM 3, MIN 2

6:53: MIN GOAL | Ryan Hartman - Bobby Brink, Quinn Hughes

The Wild tie it up as Hartman puts Brink's pass from below the goal line under the left arm of Levi from the danger area. EDM 3, MIN 3

4:00: Levi's massive toe save on the rebound against Eriksson Ek keeps it level as the Wild push to take the lead with momentum on their side from scoring twice quickly to tie things up here in the late stages of the third period.

0.0: We are heading for overtime thanks to those two goals from the Wild in 2:37 midway through the final period.

OVERTIME

3:01: MIN PENALTY | Too many men on the ice.

1:28: EDM GOAL | Evan Bouchard - Connor McDavid

COSTLY PENALTY AND EVAN BOUCHARD BURIES IT UNDER THE BAR! Celebrating his 27th birthday, No. 2 rips an in-and-out snapshot off the back bar and out past Wallstedt to win the extra point for the Oilers after the Wild battled back with two goals in a strong third period, but their too-many-men penalty cost them.

FINAL SCORE | EDM 4, MIN 3 (OT)

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