Draisaitl scores in OT to lift Oilers to a 3-2 win over Red Wings – Edmonton

Leon Draisaitl scored his second goal of the game 18 seconds into overtime and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Sunday night.

“Great evening overall; great win for us,” Draisaitl said. “Always nice to come back to a game like that, find your game and start the road trip off right.”

Evan Bouchard also scored and Calvin Pickard stopped 24 shots to help the Oilers win their second straight game.

“We sat back and he obviously made some key saves in the first period,” head coach Kris Knoblauch said when asked about Pickard’s performance. “The workload was less in the second and third, but there were some big ones and we are very happy with the way he played.”

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Connor McDavid and defenseman Mattias Ekholm each had two assists.

Andrew Copp had a goal and an assist, and JT Compher also scored for the Red Wings, and Patrick Kane had two assists. Cam Talbot finished with 30 saves.

The Oilers defeated the Red Wings for the fifth time in six games (5-0-1).

“We know how to win games, we just have to keep doing it,” Pickard said after the win.

Takeaways

Oilers: With his two goals, Draisaitl extended his point streak to six games (five goals, three assists). McDavid has 25 points (five goals, 20 assists) in 16 career games against Detroit.

Red Wings: Defenseman Jeff Petry had an assist on Copp’s goal for his first point of the season.

Key moment

Detroit’s penalty-killing unit, ranked 31st in the NHL at 64.3%, successfully killed a tripping penalty on Copp with 1:51 remaining in regulation, ensuring the team at least one point.

Key stat

The Red Wings have been outshot in six straight games and are 3-3 in that span. Detroit ranks 31st in the NHL in shots allowed per game (34.7) and 32nd in shots on goal per game (24.6). The Red Wings have given up at least 30 shots in six straight games, while five straight games have yielded fewer than 30 shots on goal.

Next

The Oilers visit Columbus on Monday, while the Red Wings host Winnipeg on Wednesday.

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