Edmonton Oilers' Mathieu Joseph (21) celebrates a goal against the Minnesota Wild during during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Edmonton, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) Edmonton Oilers' Leon Draisaitl (29) celebrates a goal against the Minnesota Wild during during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Edmonton, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) Minnesota Wild's Joel Eriksson Ek (14), third form right, Quinn Hughes (43) and Matt Boldy (12) celebrate a goal against the Edmonton Oilers during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Edmonton, Alberta, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) Minnesota Wild's Joel Eriksson Ek, second from right, scores on Edmonton Oilers goaltender Devon Levi (27) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Edmonton, Alberta, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) Edmonton Oilers' Vasily Podkolzin (92) and Leon Draisaitl (29) celebrate Draisaitl's goal against the Minnesota Wild during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Edmonton, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) 1 / 5 Wild Oilers Hockey Edmonton Oilers' Mathieu Joseph (21) celebrates a goal against the Minnesota Wild during during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Edmonton, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) 1 / 5 Wild Oilers Hockey Edmonton Oilers' Mathieu Joseph (21) celebrates a goal against the Minnesota Wild during during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Edmonton, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) 2 / 5 Wild Oilers Hockey Edmonton Oilers' Leon Draisaitl (29) celebrates a goal against the Minnesota Wild during during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Edmonton, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) 3 / 5 Wild Oilers Hockey Minnesota Wild's Joel Eriksson Ek (14), third form right, Quinn Hughes (43) and Matt Boldy (12) celebrate a goal against the Edmonton Oilers during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Edmonton, Alberta, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) 4 / 5 Wild Oilers Hockey Minnesota Wild's Joel Eriksson Ek, second from right, scores on Edmonton Oilers goaltender Devon Levi (27) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Edmonton, Alberta, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) 5 / 5 Wild Oilers Hockey Edmonton Oilers' Vasily Podkolzin (92) and Leon Draisaitl (29) celebrate Draisaitl's goal against the Minnesota Wild during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Edmonton, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) (Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press via AP) Associated Press Wed, October 21, 2026 at 4:24 AM UTC · 1 min read About Our Ads Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Evan Bouchard scored on a power play at 3:32 of overtime to give the Edmonton Oilers a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night.
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.
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