Key Takeaways
- Evan Bouchard scored 47 seconds into overtime, on a Leon Draisaitl assist, to give Edmonton a 3–2 win over Philadelphia at Rogers Place.
- Zach Hyman scored twice in the second period — once even strength, once on the power play — before the Flyers tied it on Travis Sanheim's third-period goal.
- Tristan Jarry made 30 saves for the win as Edmonton improved to 14-3-3 with a third straight victory.
Hyman built the lead, Sanheim erased it, Bouchard ended it
The Edmonton Oilers needed less than a minute of overtime to finish what Zach Hyman started, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 at Rogers Place on Wednesday night.
After a scoreless first period, Hyman opened the scoring at 4:13 of the second, finishing a play set up by Mattias Ekholm and Colton Dach. Ten minutes later he struck again on the power play — his third goal of the season — with Connor McDavid collecting his 38th assist of the year and Evan Bouchard adding a helper.
Philadelphia answered before the intermission: Tyson Foerster converted a power play at 16:49 to cut the lead to 2–1. The Flyers then tied it midway through the third when Travis Sanheim scored at 11:42, with Matvei Michkov among the assists.
Forty-seven seconds of overtime
The extra period barely got started. At 0:47 of overtime, Bouchard took a feed from Leon Draisaitl and scored his 11th goal of the season to end it. Bouchard finished with a goal and an assist, and the three stars told the story of the night: Hyman first, goaltender Tristan Jarry second, Bouchard third.
Jarry stopped 30 of 32 shots for the win. At the other end, Dan Vladar made 21 saves and took the overtime loss. Philadelphia actually outshot Edmonton 32–24 — and still left with a single point.
The Twikup Take
Edmonton is now 14-3-3 and riding a three-game win streak, and the wins keep coming from a different hero each night — Hyman's pair, Jarry's 30 saves, Bouchard's finish. Philadelphia, at 5-10-6, outshot the Oilers and played them even for 60 minutes; the gap between these teams right now is that Edmonton only needed 47 seconds of overtime to prove the difference.
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