Game Highlights 81.0: Edmonton Oilers beat Colorado Avalanche 2-1 in overtime

The Edmonton Oilers picked up their eighth win in a row on Tuesday night with a 2-1 victory in overtime over the Colorado Avalanche. Below are the highlights from the game…

The Avalanche opened the scoring about five minutes into the first period. Colorado forward Ben Meyers followed a bouncing puck into Edmonton’s zone and Oilers forward Nick Bjugstad inadvertently swept it past Stuart Skinner while defending the play…

The Oilers tied the game at 1-1 under one minute later. Ryan McLeod carried the puck into Colorado’s zone and dropped it back for Mattias Ekholm who blasted a one-timer past Alexandar Georgiev for his fourth goal as a member of the Oilers…

The two teams remained tied through the rest of regulation time so the game went to a winner-take-all overtime period. With Avs defenceman Bowen Byram in the penalty box for hooking, Evan Bouchard faked a pass to Connor McDavid from the point and roofed a shot over Georgiev for the game-winner…