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…
GAME HIGHLIGHTS ARE PRESENTED BY BETWAY
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 colorado avalanche take an early 1-0 lead off a weird bounce or few. pic.twitter.com/W5g1zCsuDn
— zach (@zjlaing) April 12, 2023
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…
mattias ekholm with a blast to tie the game back up at one. pic.twitter.com/8xQfJ8WUgH
— zach (@zjlaing) April 12, 2023
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…
evan bouchard wins the game for the oilers with this overtime tally for the oilers' eighth straight victory. pic.twitter.com/iQq8iG7iIK
— zach (@zjlaing) April 12, 2023
