Bouchard’s Overtime Goal Lifts Edmonton Past Ottawa 5-4 in Thrilling Comeback

The Edmonton Oilers staged a remarkable comeback Tuesday night, overcoming three separate deficits to defeat the Ottawa Senators 5-4 in overtime. Evan Bouchard scored the game-winner while Leon Draisaitl had a standout performance with five points.

The Edmonton Oilers displayed remarkable determination Tuesday night, overcoming multiple deficits to defeat the Ottawa Senators 5-4 in overtime, with Evan Bouchard delivering the decisive goal.

Leon Draisaitl dominated the scoresheet with five points, recording two goals and three assists as Edmonton secured only their second victory in seven games (2-5-0). The Oilers showed tremendous character, battling back from being behind three separate times before finally taking their first lead on Bouchard’s overtime strike.

Ottawa received two goals from Drake Batherson, while Dylan Cozens and Michael Amadio also found the net. For Edmonton, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Zach Hyman provided the other scoring alongside Draisaitl’s pair.

With just 1:25 left in regulation, Hyman forced overtime by deflecting a Draisaitl feed past Ottawa goaltender Linus Ullmark.

The game-winning sequence came when Connor McDavid set up Bouchard, who unleashed a powerful slap shot past Ullmark for a power-play goal with 3:10 remaining in the extra period.

Between the pipes, Ullmark stopped 32 shots for Ottawa while Edmonton’s Connor Ingram turned aside 17 attempts.

The scoring began early when Cozens opened the floodgates just three minutes in, placing a precise wrist shot over Ingram’s glove for his third goal in two games.

Draisaitl quickly responded at 5:03 of the first period, capitalizing on Ullmark being out of position to score into an empty net.

Just over a minute later, Batherson continued the offensive explosion, converting a cross-ice feed from Brady Tkachuk with a shot to the top corner on the power play.

The physical play escalated eight minutes into the opening frame when Vasily Podkolzin and Ridly Greig engaged in a fight.

Edmonton tied it again when Draisaitl’s pass attempt deflected off Batherson’s stick, then bounced off Nick Jensen’s skate into Ottawa’s own goal with 3:12 left in the first period.

Ottawa regained the lead 4:30 into the second period when Tim Stutzle created the play, finding Batherson alone at the back door for his second goal of the night.

The Senators extended their advantage 41 seconds later as Amadio converted a short pass from Jensen to make it 4-2.

Edmonton cut the deficit to one goal early in the third period when Draisaitl’s shot deflected off Nugent-Hopkins’ skate and crossed the goal line on the power play, just under two minutes into the final frame.