Bouchard wins it in overtime on his birthday as Oilers beat Wild

Evan Bouchard celebrated his 27th birthday by scoring the overtime winner in Edmonton's 4-3 home victory over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday, Oct. 20.

Bouchard struck on the power play at 3:32 of the extra period after Minnesota took a too-many-men penalty. Connor McDavid assisted on the winner, his third helper of the night, to extend his season-opening point streak to nine games and reach 26 points.

Leon Draisaitl scored twice on the power play and Mathieu Joseph added a goal as Edmonton built a 3-1 lead through two periods. Minnesota forced overtime with third-period goals from Kirill Kaprizov and Ryan Hartman. Joel Eriksson Ek had opened the scoring for the Wild.

Devon Levi finished with 27 saves for the Oilers, while Jesper Wallstedt stopped 28 shots for Minnesota. Kaprizov's goal was his league-leading 11th of the season.

Edmonton improved to 7-1-1 with its seventh win in eight games. Minnesota moved to 6-2-2.