EDMONTON, Alberta — Evan Bouchard had two objectives and an help and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Friday evening for his or her sixth straight win.
Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl every had a objective and an help, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had 4 assists as for the Oilers, who’ve gained 9 of 12. Stuart Skinner had 17 saves.
With the Oilers on an influence play, Bouchard acquired his second of the evening at 1:32 of the third interval as he acquired a centering move from Draisaitl and fired a one-timer by means of visitors previous Fleury for a 4-3 lead. It was his seventh objective of the season.
“There’s plenty of guys that can place a shot in the right position but not many can hammer it like that,” Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch mentioned. “There’s very few that can do both.”
After going through Bouchard in apply, Skinner has seen what Bouchard can do with the puck.
“The Bouch bomb, he does have a bomb. It is pretty incredible how hard he can shoot it,” the goalie mentioned. “I think he has got potentially the hardest shot in the NHL.”
PHOTOS: Bouchard scores twice to guide Oilers to 4-3 win over Wild for sixth straight victory
Bouchard now has 27 factors in 24 video games this season.
Matt Boldy had a objective and an help, and Joel Eriksson Ek and Connor Dewar additionally scored because the Wild misplaced their second straight following a four-game win streak. Marcus Johansson and Brock Faber every had two assists, and Marc-Andre Fleury completed with 36 saves.
“I didn’t have any problem with the effort,” Wild coach John Hynes mentioned. “I thought we were up against it coming into the game, and that’s what the schedule is. … But I really liked the compete and the battle that we had.”
Minnesota had a number of good alternatives late with their goalie pulled however Hartman hit a submit and Skinner made a few big stops to protect the win.
“I think we battled the whole game through and it was a good finish,” Skinner mentioned. “It was obviously a big two points.”
Bouchard acquired the Oilers on the scoreboard first with 4:44 left within the opening interval to increase his level streak to 10 video games. After Edmonton had a few photographs blocked, Bouchard acquired a move from Nugent Hopkins in the fitting circle and beat Fleury excessive on the glove facet.
The Wild scored twice 26 seconds aside within the opening minute of the second interval to take a 2-1 lead.
Boldy tied it at 15 seconds as he acquired the rebound of Faber’s level shot and put it previous Skinner for his sixth. Eriksson Ek then acquired a move from Boldy down low in the fitting circle and beat Skinner for his thirteenth.
McDavid tied it at 1:21 with a nifty transfer as he skated previous Fleury on the left facet, acquired the goalie to go down, skated round him and tucked a backhander in from behind the objective line. It was his ninth and prolonged his level streak to eight video games.
Dewar scored on a one-timer from the left circle off Ryan Hartman’s move from behind the objective with 8:02 left within the center interval to place the Wild up 3-2.
Draisaitl tied it on the ability play with 1:30 left within the interval on a one-timer from the fitting circle.
Minnesota was with out ahead Zach Bogosian (higher physique) and misplaced defenseman Jonas Brodin early within the third after taking a success from behind into the boards by Evander Kane.
UP NEXT
Wild: At Seattle on Sunday within the finale of a four-game journey.
Oilers: Host New Jersey on Sunday within the third of a six-game homestand.
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