Evan Bouchard’s second goal gives Oilers 4-3 overtime win over Stars
By The Associated Press on February 17, 2024.
DALLAS (AP) – Evan Bouchard scored his second goal 30 seconds into overtime, and seven seconds into a power play, to lift the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-3 win over the Dallas Stars on Saturday. Corey Perry had a goal and an assist and Derek Ryan also scored for the Oilers. Edmonton’s Connor McDavid had an assist, giving him 13 in the last five games. Calvin Pickard made 24 saves for his sixth straight win. Matt Duchene had a goal and two assists while Mason Marchment and Thomas Harley had a goal and an assist each for the Stars, who had a three-game winning streak snapped. Jake Oettinger made 20 saves. Dallas’ Matt Duchene had two assists and Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl also had two assists. A Stars power-play goal 1:08 into the second period was the first of four goals during the period’s first seven minutes leaving the score tied 2-all following a scoreless first period. Marchment’s one-timer off a rebound was followed by Bouchard shooting one over Oettinger’s left shoulder and into the far corner less than a minute later. Harley put Dallas back ahead at 4:47 converting a cross-ice pass from Duchene, but Perry, a former Star who joined the Oilers in late January, deflected McDavid’s shot from the left circle at 6:55. The Stars killed 1:43 of 5-on-3 hockey later in the period, during which Draisaitl hit a post, giving them 10 straight penalty kills over four games. Dallas defenseman Jani Hakanpaa left the game with an upper-body injury after blocking a shot during the penalty kill. The period ended 3-all after both teams scored during a Stars power play in the closing minutes. Ryan sent a shot under Oettinger’s right arm for a shorthanded goal at 18:42, and Duchene tucked in the puck at the post from beside the net 20 seconds later after Pickard made the initial save. The Stars scored two power-play goals for the second straight game, their first such back-to-back production for the first time this season. Bouchard has career highs with 14 goals and 50 points. Marchment has a career-long nine-game points streak (four goals, 13 points). Duchene has four consecutive multi-point games. UP NEXT Oilers: Visiting Arizona on Monday to finish a three-game road trip. Stars: At Boston on Monday to start a four-game Eastern Conference road trip. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl 20-19
