Brown scores in OT as Oilers rally to beat Blues 3-2

Connor Brown scored astatine 2:33 of overtime and the Edmonton Oilers beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 connected Tuesday night.

Connor McDavid had a extremity and 2 assists and Leon Draisaitl had a extremity and an assistance for Edmonton, which has won 4 of its past six games. Stuart Skinner made 20 saves.

Jordan Kyrou and Colton Parayko scored and Jordan Binnington stopped 35 shots for the Blues, who mislaid for the 5th clip successful six games.

In the other period, Brown scored connected a one-timer disconnected a walk from McDavid for the win.

McDavid’s powerfulness play extremity astatine 5:50 of the 2nd play gave the Oilers a 1-0 lead.

Kyrou scored connected the powerfulness play astatine 5:12 of the 3rd to necktie it astatine 1-all and Parayko gave the Blues the pb astatine 8:58.

Draisaitl’s goal, with Skinner pulled for the other attacker, tied it 2-2 with 2:14 left.

Takeaways

Oilers: Forward Kasperi Kapanen played his 500th vocation crippled against his erstwhile squad and defenseman Mattias Ekholm returned aft missing a crippled owed to illness. Kapanen played 106 games for St. Louis earlier being claimed disconnected waivers by Edmonton connected Nov. 19.

Blues: St. Louis activated defenseman Nick Leddy from injured reserve aft missing the past 49 games with a little assemblage injury. With his return, the Blues’ six defensemen against Edmonton person played a combined full of much than 4,500 games.

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Key moment

Trailing 1-0, the Blues had a aureate accidental to adjacent the crippled midway done the 2nd play arsenic Jake Neighbours recovered himself successful each unsocial connected a breakaway, but Skinner turned him distant with a instrumentality save.

Key stat

McDavid extended his points streak against the Blues to 7 games. McDavid has astatine slightest 1 constituent successful 10 of his past 11 games against St. Louis (seven goals, 10 assists).

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Oilers play astatine Chicago connected Wednesday, and Blues big Florida connected Thursday.