Bouchard’s OT goal tops Oilers Golden Knights in Key Pacific Showdown
Evan Bouchard scored 3:10 into overtime to give the Edmonton Oilers a 4-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Thursday night.
Connor McDavid won a faceoff in the right circle and fed Bouchard, who skated into the high slot and beat goaltender Adin Hill to the blocking side. The winner came just eight seconds after Edmonton killed a power play in Las Vegas.
“Massive kill from when I was in the box,” Oilers forward Zach Hyman said. “It’s not easy, obviously.”
McDavid finished with a goal and two assists. Hyman and Matt Savoie also scored for Edmonton. Connor Ingram made 26 saves.
The Oilers led three times but had to answer to the Golden Knights each time before Bouchard finished. Coach Kris Knoblauch said the team is starting to look like a playoff team.
“Things matter, things like attention to detail,” Knoblauch said. “The games are so important right now that everyone seems involved.”
Edmonton improved to 36-28-9 and sits second in the Pacific Division, five points behind the Anaheim Ducks, who also won Thursday. With nine games remaining, Hyman said every point carries extra weight.
“It’s difficult to score points when there are only nine games left,” he said. “A big win for us to stay ahead.”
Mark Stone scored two goals and Ivan Barbashev added a goal and an assist for Vegas, which has lost five of its last six games. The Golden Knights are third in the Pacific, two points behind Edmonton and three ahead of the Los Angeles Kings.
“Let’s get involved,” Stone said. “We played a good 5-on-5 game. Our problem is that we’re making some big mistakes. That’s what we need to fix.”
McDavid also reached a historic milestone that night, becoming the third-fastest player in NHL history to record 800 assists, in 785 games. Only Wayne Gretzky (527 games) and Mario Lemieux (661 games) reached the milestone faster.
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