Leon Draisaitl scored twice, including the winner at 1:18 of overtime, as the Edmonton Oilers rallied to defeat the visiting Washington Capitals 4-3 Thursday night in a matchup of division leaders.
Connor McDavid snapped a three-game pointless streak with a goal and two assists for the Oilers, who had lost their previous two games. Darnell Nurse also scored for Edmonton and goaltender Mikko Koskinen made 25 saves to improve to 5-0-0 this season.
Draisaitl took a pass from McDavid on a three-on-one break and scored the overtime winner as Edmonton remained unbeaten at Rogers Place in five games (5-0-0).
Alex Ovechkin scored twice for the Capitals and Jakub Vrana got the other goal as Washington outscored Edmonton 3-0 in the second period. Goalie Braden Holtby stopped 36 of 40 shots as Washington's four-game winning streak was snapped.
The Oilers trailed 3-1 entering the third period. Draisaitl pulled them within a goal at 4:25 of the period, converting a two-on-one break with McDavid.
McDavid tied the score at 18:22 of the third, snapping a shot from the top of the slot that Holtby got a piece of before the puck trickled through his pads and just over the goal line.
Trailing 1-0 after the first period, the Capitals erupted.
Vrana tied it with an unassisted goal at 5:40 of the period, spinning and firing a rebound over Koskinen's left shoulder.
Ovechkin gave the Capitals the lead just 47 seconds later, tipping a point shot by Jonas Siegenthaler through Koskinen's pads. League scoring leader John Carlson got the secondary assist to extend his points streak to nine games, a franchise record for a defenseman.
Ovechkin added a power-play goal at 13:40 of the second, taking a backhanded pass from Tom Wilson in the left faceoff circle and beating Koskinen high to the glove side.
Nurse snapped Edmonton's scoreless streak at 165 minutes, 58 seconds at 13:20 of the first period. After Zack Kassian won a faceoff in the Oilers' defensive zone, Nurse joined the rush and took a pass from Draisaitl at center ice. Nurse, a defenseman, drove deep into the Capitals' end before attempting a centering pass. The puck deflected off the stick of the Capitals' Dmitry Orlov and under Holtby.
--Field Level Media
Washington | Edmonton | |
Alex Ovechkin 2 | Points | Leon Draisaitl 3 |
Alex Ovechkin 2 | Goals | Leon Draisaitl 2 |
Jakub Vrana 1 | Assists | Connor McDavid 2 |
Alex Ovechkin 1 | Power Play Goals | N/A |
N/A | Short Handed Goals | N/A |
Braden Holtby .900 | Save Percentage | Mikko Koskinen .893 |
Braden Holtby 36 | Saves | Mikko Koskinen 25 |
Team | Shots | Goals | Power Play | Penalty Kill | Penalty Mins | Face Offs Won |
Washington | 28 | 3 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 6 | 34 |
Edmonton | 40 | 4 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 6 | 33 |