EDMONTON — Connor McDavid scored the overtime winner for the Edmonton Oilers in a 2-1 pre-season win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday.
Defenceman Evan Bouchard sent the puck up ice to McDavid, and the Oilers captain made no mistake on the breakaway with a backhand goal just 55 seconds into overtime.Edmonton goalie Stuart Skinner made 21 saves for the win.A listless first period produced no goals with Edmonton outshooting Vancouver 10-3.
Hughes scored the game's first goal during a second-period power play when his long bomb deflected off Bouchard and past Skinner.Leon Draisaitl, who was serving a slashing penalty when Hughes scored, threaded the puck from behind the goal-line through traffic out to Nugent-Hopkins to score from the slot.
The Canucks boasted the bulk of scoring chances in the third, but Skinner stood his ground to send the contest into extra time. NOTES: Vancouver lost 10-0 to Calgary to start the pre-season Sunday . . . The Canucks and Oilers open their regular seasons with a home-and-home against each other. Edmonton is in Vancouver on Oct. 11 followed by an Oct. 14 rematch in Alberta . . . Free-agent signing Connor Brown played his first game for the Oilers on the top line with his former junior teammate McDavid . . . The Canucks announced earlier Wednesday that goalie Roberto Luongo will be enshrined on their Ring of Honour on Dec.
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