Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scores in OT to lift Oilers to 4-3 win over Utah

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored 1:18 into overtime and the Edmonton Oilers bushed the Utah Hockey Club 4-3 connected Friday night.

Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each tallied a extremity and an assist, and Vasily Podkolzin besides scored for the Oilers. Calvin Pickard stopped 28 shots.

Alexander Kerfoot and Logan Cooley scored successful the archetypal play for Utah, and Lawson Crouse tied the people successful the 3rd period. Karel Vejmelka had 28 saves.

Edmonton fell down 2-0 precocious successful the archetypal earlier scoring 3 consecutive goals to instrumentality the lead. Podkolzin blasted the puck from 30 feet retired to enactment Edmonton connected committee midway done the second, earlier Draisaitl and McDavid scored connected powerfulness play goals 2 1/2 minutes isolated to enactment the Oilers up 3-2 with 3:38 remaining successful the mediate period.

Crouse tied it for Utah astatine 3:42 of the 3rd aft snapping the puck implicit Pickard’s shoulder.

Takeaways

Oilers: Edmonton didn’t make a ton of scoring chances earlier the 3rd period, but the Oilers were businesslike successful uncovering the close spots to onslaught during a pivotal second.

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Utah: After struggling to halt 2 second-period powerfulness plays, Utah came done with a pivotal punishment termination successful the last 3 minutes of regularisation to unit overtime.

Key moment

Edmonton’s discourtesy recovered from a sluggish commencement precocious successful the 2nd erstwhile Draisaitl and McDavid some scored connected powerfulness plays.

Key stat

The Oilers generated 3 goals disconnected a full of 7 shots connected extremity successful the 2nd period.

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Edmonton visits Colorado connected Saturday to proceed a three-game trip, and Utah visits Vegas.