EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Evan Bouchard scored the tying goal with 5 seconds remaining in the 3rd interval and Leon Draisaitl bought the winner 22 seconds into additional time as the Edmonton Oilers conquer the Florida Panthers 4-3 on Monday evening.
Bouchard took a desperate shot from the slot late in regulation and conquer Panthers goalie Spencer Knight adhere aspect for his third of the period — all in the final two game titles — to tie it. Early in the further period of time, Draisaitl took a pass from Connor McDavid and scored his 13th for the earn. The 27-second gap marked the shortest time involving a group scoring a regulation goal and an OT target in NHL heritage.
“It was kind of a bizarre 1 from our group,” said McDavid, who experienced a target and two assists. “I believed we were being kind of lethargic. We have talked about hanging in there, about winning with your ‘B’ and ‘C’ match. … We sort of stole it late.”
Tyson Barrie also scored and Zach Hyman experienced three assists for the Oilers. Stuart Skinner stopped 25 pictures.
Edmonton has rallied to earn two straight, which includes a 4-3 win at the New York Rangers on Saturday in which the Oilers trailed 3- before scoring 4 situations in the third period.
“You really don’t want to come across oneself in that scenario too substantially, but when we are, we have acquired a ton of confidence that we can just continue to participate in our video game, adhere with it and occur away with a point or two,” Draisaitl said. “We’ve set in two really solid games below.”
Matthew Tkachuk, Anton Lundell and Brandon Montour scored for the Panthers, who have missing five of their previous six games. Knight finished with 36 saves.
Florida mentor Paul Maurice identified as the McDavid-Draisaitl blend as a deadly a single.
“They are two dynamic players, they are a good deal to manage. They tied the activity and then won the sport for them,” he mentioned. “Our goaltender was fantastic tonight. We located a way to get the lead back again. Which is a difficult one to get rid of, with them scoring with 5 seconds left.
“The struggle was there, but we know we can do improved.”
Tkachuk opened the scoring 3:49 into the activity as he took a go that deflected off the skate of Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse and place it previous Skinner just after getting a pair of whacks at the puck for his 10th of the period.
The Oilers appeared to tie the rating seven minutes into the 2nd period as Hyman place his have rebound previous Knight in tight, but the intention was waved off immediately after officials determined he experienced kicked the puck into the web adhering to a speedy review.
Hyman served make up for it shortly after on the power enjoy, sending a move far more than 50 percent the duration of the ice to spring McDavid on a breakaway. He conquer Knight with a backhand shot adhering to a deke for his 17th of the period with 9:25 left in the center period.
Edmonton took the direct 5:18 into the 3rd as Brett Kulak’s shot took a blessed bounce off Hyman suitable to the adhere of a pinching Barrie, who obtained his fourth.
Florida tied it 2-2 about 5 1/2 minutes afterwards as Lundell deflected Sam Reinhart’s pass in, pushing his goal streak to 3 game titles.
The Panthers regained the guide with 4:44 remaining right after a mad scramble in front on the energy perform saw the puck occur again to Montour, who fired it into the top rated corner.
NOTES
The Oilers have permitted six objectives in the 1st 3 minutes of a sport this time, the most of any workforce in the NHL. … Undrafted ahead James Hamblin created his NHL debut for the Oilers following becoming named up from Bakersfield of the AHL.
UP Subsequent
Panthers: At Calgary on Tuesday night for the 2nd of a 5-game journey.
Oilers: At Chicago on Wednesday evening to open up a two-recreation excursion.
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