In Edmonton, the Washington Capitals’ T.J. Oshie‘s second goal of the third period came with 1.8 seconds left on the clock to tie the game, 3-3, and force extra time on Wednesday night.
The Oilers’ Connor McDavid hit for the game-winner at 3:27 of the extra session to give Edmonton a 4-3 win.
“You know me, I’m trying to get him that puck, you always want to get ‘Leo’ the puck in those types of situations, and I thought Eller actually played it pretty well,” McDavid said. “We didn’t have a ton of speed, all three of us, so he kind of just stood in the middle and I just tried to take the shot that was there.”
Oshie’s first goal of the third period tied the game, 2-2.
“Just through experience, I have a pretty good feeling of how to hit that top glove side and threw it out there, and fortunately it made it in,” Oshie said. “So real happy to get the point here. I’d like to have that play at the end back [overtime winner], but on a tough game last night [5-4 win at the Calgary Flames] and another tough one tonight, you always want to walk away with two [points], but I’m happy to get one.”
The win snapped a three-game losing skid for the Oilers.
Brad Malone had a goal for the Oilers, his strike gave Edmotnon a 3-2 lead in the third period.
Mikko Koskinen made 29 saves in the Edmonton win.
“The effort was just excellent, we came out and tried to assert ourselves in the first period, we did that,” Edmonton coach Jay Woodcroft said. “Their goaltender played a heck of a game. We talked between the first and second period about outworking a goaltender and not hanging our heads just because he was making a few saves. I thought our group was resilient tonight and found a way to get it done against a really good hockey team.”
The Oilers moved to 31-23-4.
“I felt like we were digging, I felt the guys kept competing and competing and didn’t stop until the end,” Washington coach Peter Laviolette said. “It’s unfortunate and disappointing when it doesn’t go your way because you work so hard for it to try and get it done and it doesn’t happen. It was a heck of an effort by the guys.”
Nicklas Backstrom added a single marker for the Caps.
Washington dropped to 31-18-10.
Kailer Yamamoto and Cody Ceci g also scored for the Oilers in regulation.
Ilya Samsonov made 36 saves in the Caps loss.
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