It was a battle of the NHL’s big guns, and the Edmonton Oilers’ hotshots ended up making the most noise at the end.
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Evan Bouchard scored the overtime winner in a 4-3 win over the visiting Minnesota Wild on Tuesday as the Oilers (7-1-1) continued their strong start to the season.
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With the Wild serving a too-many-men penalty in overtime, Bouchard scored his seventh goal of the season with a bomb of a shot with 1:28 remaining in overtime.
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The Wild battled back from a 3-1 deficit after two periods.
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Bouchard produced the OT winner on his 27th birthday.
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“You take what they give you.
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At that point in time, it was that shot,” Bouchard said.
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“They pressed hard, they’re a good hockey team, they weren’t going to quit.
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There are definitely some things to clean up, but in the end we battled and got the win we needed.
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“Good teams find a way to win, and we did that tonight against a very good opposition.”
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Bouchard also had an assist for points in eight of nine games this season.
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He led all NHL defencemen in goals (seven) and assists (11).
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“Any type of shot that (Bouchard) gets off is extremely dangerous,” said Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl, who earned his 75th multi-point game with two goals.
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“Accurate, hard, whatever it is, you name it, he’s got it.
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He’s pretty elite.”
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Bouchard was tied for second overall in league scoring with Toronto’s Auston Matthews behind teammate McDavid, whose three assists gave him 26 points in nine games.
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Mathieu Joseph also scored for the Oilers who won their second straight and the seventh of their last eight.
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Edmonton’s goalie Devon Levi stopped 27 shots for the win.
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The Oilers picked up Levi from the Buffalo Sabres for a third-round pick in the summer.
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The 24-year-old from Dollard-Des Ormeaux, Que., played 39 games over four seasons for Buffalo, but spent all of last season in the AHL.
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He blossomed in the early running with Edmonton as Levi improved to 5-1-0.
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“He’s ultra-competitive,” Oilers head coach Mike Babcock said.
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“What I like about Levi every day I walk in here, he’s got a smile on his face, he’s always working out, he’s always working, he’s competitive as can be, he feels good about himself.
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“When you meet his mom and dad, you can see why.
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He just seems like a great kid.
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Five and one, I mean, not a bad record.
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Levi said he’s just trying to stay loose and enjoy being given a legitimate shot in the NHL.
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“I know what I’m capable of,” he said.
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“I didn’t really come in here and try to prove anything.
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At this point of my development, I kind of know who I am and I just wanted to come in and have fun and play with the best players in the world and come into an amazing environment and enjoy myself.
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“It’s such a pleasure to be here.
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Not putting that extreme stress of trying to win the Cup on day one or win the starting position on day one, but just enjoy it and have fun being a pro hockey player in a franchise that is historic.”
McDavid extended his season-opening streak to all nine games.
The Oilers captain became just the sixth player in NHL history with 25 points before their 10th game in a season.
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Also achieving the feat — Mario Lemieux (three times, most 33), Mike Bossy (28) Wayne Gretzky (twice; most 27), Brent Sutter (25) and Marcel Dionne (25).
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He also became the fastest player in NHL history to reach the 20-assist mark.
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Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek and Ryan Hartman replied for the Wild (6-2-2) who arrived in Edmonton riding two straight wins.
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Kaprizov scored his league-leading 11th goal in the game.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 20, 2026.
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