Minnesota Wild at Edmonton Oilers

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Minnesota Wild

6-2-2

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Edmonton Oilers

7-1-1

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Bouchard scores in OT to lift the Oilers past the Wild, 4-3

Evan Bouchard wins it for the Oilers in OT

Connor McDavid set up Bouchard's goal for his third assist of the game, pushing his NHL-leading points total to 26 and extending his season-opening points streak to nine games.

Leon Draisaitl scored twice, Mathieu Joseph also connected and Devon Levi made 27 saves. The Oilers (7-1-1) have won two in a row and seven of eight.

Joel Eriksson Ek, Kirill Kaprizov and Ryan Hartman scored for Minnesota (6-2-2), and Jesper Wallstedt stopped 28 shots. Kaprizov leads the NHL with 11 goals.

Kaprizov and Hartman scored in the third period as Minnesota overcame a 3-1 deficit to force overtime.

Up next Wild: At Calgary on Thursday night.

Oilers: Host Carolina on Thursday night.

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Regular Season Series

EDM leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 3:32	Joel Eriksson Ek Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Kirill Kaprizov (6), Matt Boldy (3)
Goal	1st Period 19:57	Leon Draisaitl Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Connor McDavid (18), Evan Bouchard (11)
Goal	2nd Period 1:03	Leon Draisaitl Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Connor McDavid (19), Vasily Podkolzin (5)
Goal	2nd Period 6:01	Mathieu Joseph Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Alex Formenton (3), Owen Michaels (2)
Goal	3rd Period 10:30	Kirill Kaprizov Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Matt Boldy (4), Jonas Brodin (2)
Goal	3rd Period 13:07	Ryan Hartman Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Bobby Brink (5), Quinn Hughes (11)
Goal	4th Period 3:32	Evan Bouchard Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Connor McDavid (20)

Statistics

MIN		EDM
10	Blocked Shots	13
18	Hits	18
2	Takeaways	2
30	Shots	32
0	Power Play Goals	3
3	Power Play Opportunities	5
0.0	Power Play Percentage	60.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
37	Faceoffs Won	30
55.2	Faceoff Win Percent	44.8
20	Giveaways	16
5	Total Penalties	3
10	Penalty Minutes	6

Edmonton Oilers Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Jason Dickinson, C	Out	Oct 16
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, C	Injured Reserve	Oct 16
Alec Regula, D	Injured Reserve	Oct 1
Matt Savoie, C	Injured Reserve	Oct 1
Frederik Andersen, G	Injured Reserve	Sep 29

Minnesota Wild Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Olli Maatta, D	Out	Oct 18
Jared Spurgeon, D	Injured Reserve	Oct 18
Filip Gustavsson, G	Injured Reserve	Oct 18
Marcus Foligno, LW	Injured Reserve	Oct 12
Nick Foligno, LW	Injured Reserve	Oct 9