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Toronto Star
· collected 2026-09-30 · by Shane Jones The Canadian Press
Paul Cotter scored the overtime winner for the Vancouver Canucks in their season-opening game against the Edmonton Oilers, ending with a score of 6-5. Cotter had two goals including a short-handed goal in his debut with the Canucks, becoming the first player to achieve this feat in franchise history. Despite trailing by three goals late in regulation, Evan Bouchard led the Oilers' comeback attempt with a hat trick and four points overall but ultimately fell short as Cotter sealed the victory for Vancouver.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-30,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On Tuesday night, Paul Cotter scored the game-winning goal 1:59 into overtime to help the Vancouver Canucks defeat the Edmonton Oilers 6-5 at Rogers Place. The Canucks' strong start included goals from Marco Rossi, Jonathan Lekkerimaki, Max Sasson, and Elias Pettersson, who also had a three-goal run in the third period. Despite trailing 5-2 late, the Oilers’ Evan Bouchard scored three times, tying the game with 43 seconds left in regulation. Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen made 32 saves compared to Edmonton’s Tristan Jarry, who allowed six goals on just 17 shots. Prime Minister Mark Carney was present at the Oilers' home opener. Cotter, a free agent signing from New Jersey, became the first player in Canucks history to score both a short-handed goal and an overtime winner in his debut.
Written for “Canucks Open Season Win Oilers” on 2026-10-06,
grounded in this article and the 3 other(s) covering the same event.
Paul Cotter capped a two-goal night with the game winner 1:59 into overtime as the Vancouver Canucks got off to a strong start in defeating the Edmonton Oilers 6-5 on Tuesday night.
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Canucks → cap → night
Marco Rossi, Jonathan Lekkerimaki, Max Sasson and Elias Pettersson also scored for the Canucks (1-0-0), who are coming off a last-place finish in the NHL last season with a paltry 25-49-8 record.
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who → score → record
Kevin Lankinen made 32 stops to earn the win in the Canucks’ net.
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Lankinen → make → net
Evan Bouchard had three goals and two assists and Vasily Podkolzin scored twice for the Oilers (0-0-1).
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Podkolzin → have → Oilers
Tristan Jarry made just 17 saves for Edmonton.
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Jarry → make → Edmonton
Entering the third period tied 2-2, Pettersson capped a three-goal run by the Canucks 5:15 into the frame to swiftly put the Canucks ahead 5-2.
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Pettersson → enter → Canucks
But Podkolzin scored at 8:56, followed by Bouchard’s third of the night 24 seconds later and Podkolzin’s second of the night with 43 seconds left in regulation to send it to extra time.
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Podkolzin → score → time
Cotter, who joined Vancouver as a free agent after spending the last two seasons in New Jersey, became the first player in Canucks history to score a short-handed goal in his debut with the team.
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who → join → team
Bouchard became the first defenceman in Oilers history to record a multi-goal game in a season opener and just the third defenceman in NHL history to score a hat trick in a seasonal lid-lifter.
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Bouchard → become → lifter
He is also just the third blueliner in the last 30 years to have a four-point game to open the season.
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He → have → season
KEY MOMENT
After the Oilers crawled back from a three-goal deficit to force overtime, Cotter scored 1:59 into extra time, lifting in a backhand.
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Cotter → crawl → backhand
KEY STAT
Canucks head coach Manny Malhotra became the fourth person to represent the Canucks as both a player and head coach in his career, following in the footsteps of Marc Crawford, Pat Quinn and Orland Kurtenbach.
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Malhotra → become → Crawford
The two teams have a rematch in Vancouver on Thursday.
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teams → have → Thursday
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 29, 2026.
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report → publish → Press
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