Leon Draisaitl scored at 2:18 of overtime, his second goal of the night, as the Edmonton Oilers overcame a third-period deficit and downed the host Boston Bruins 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Connor McDavid assisted on both of the Oilers’ goals to extend his point streak to 12 games. His cross-ice pass to Draisaitl for a one-timer in the right circle resulted in the winning goal.
Edmonton has won five straight.
Boston’s Pavel Zacha scored early in the third period, and Draisaitl scored an extra-attacker goal with 1:20 left in regulation to force overtime.
Both teams had 26 shots on goal and went 0-for-2 on the power play. Draisaitl’s goal was the lone shot of overtime for either team.
Edmonton goaltender Stuart Skinner made 25 saves.
Linus Ullmark stopped 24 shots for Boston, which is 5-4-6 in its last 15 games.
Bruins forward James van Riemsdyk played in his 1,000th NHL game. He became the eighth 2007 draftee to reach the milestone.
Zacha broke the long scoreless deadlock with 15:34 left in regulation, ripping home a one-timer from the right circle off a cross-ice feed from Danton Heinen. It was his third goal in two games following 11 games without one.
Edmonton went on the power play with 5:08 to play as Boston’s Trent Frederic was called for a hold on McDavid, who rushed up the left wing after a neutral zone turnover. However, Boston’s kill was equal to the task.
Ullmark dove to his left to stop Ryan McLeod’s shot from the right circle following the kill, but shortly thereafter, Draisaitl was credited with 32nd of the season on the extra-attacker goal after a net-mouth scramble.
An entertaining but scoreless opening period saw both teams register nine shots, including four by McDavid. One highlight was Skinner making a lunging blocker save on Boston captain Brad Marchand’s shot during a late power play.
Ullmark countered with strong saves of his own as Edmonton went to its first man advantage at 5:13 of the second, denying McDavid and Draisaitl on give-and-go tries.
Marchand fed the puck down a busy slot to Jake DeBrusk for a breakaway that Skinner stopped with 3:45 left in the middle period. Ullmark made a key glove stop on McDavid inside the final two minutes.
It was more of the same early in third before Zacha found the net. Just over three minutes in, Ullmark gloved down Draisaitl’s chance off the rush following Skinner’s denial of a van Riemsdyk shot.
–Field Level Media
