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EDMONTON, Alberta – The Wild kept the Oilers’ stars in check at even strength.
But the power play was a different story.
Edmonton’s Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl dissected the improved Wild penalty kill, scoring three times to thwart the Wild’s rally with a 4-3 overtime win on Tuesday night at Rogers Place in a showdown of the NHL’s who’s who.
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Evan Bouchard scored the game-winner during a 4-on-3 power play with 1:28 left in overtime after the Wild were whistled for having too many men on the ice.
Kirill Kaprizov netted his league-leading 11th goal to start a third-period rally that Ryan Hartman continued when he buried his first goal of the season.
Draisaitl converted twice on the power play, including a 5-on-3 buzzer beater late in the first period to lift Edmonton out of a 1-0 deficit from an early goal by the Wild’s Joel Eriksson Ek.
McDavid, the NHL’s leading scorer with 26 points, set up both Draisaitl goals and Bouchard’s clincher.
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The Oilers’ third goal came three seconds after another power play expired, with Mathieu Joseph cleaning up a rebound in the second period to put an exclamation point on Edmonton’s dominance in the special-teams battle.
Later in the period, the Wild had a chance to answer back during their own back-to-back power plays, including a 44-second 5-on-3 opportunity that the Wild prepared for by calling a timeout.
But the Wild were denied, with Edmonton goalie Devon Levi making a windmill save on Quinn Hughes. The Wild power play went 0 for 3, while the Oilers were 3 for 5.
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Jesper Wallstedt finished with 28 saves.
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This story was originally published October 20, 2026 at 9:24 PM.