Leon Draisaitl scored his second goal of the game 18 seconds into overtime and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Sunday night.

“All around, good night; great win for us,” Draisaitl said. “It’s always nice to come back in a game like that, find your game and start the road trip off right.”

Evan Bouchard also scored and Calvin Pickard stopped 25 shots to help the Oilers earn their second straight victory.

“We were sitting there and he obviously made some key saves in the first half,” head coach Kris Knoblauch said when asked about Pickard’s performance. “The workload was less in the second and third, but there were some important ones and we are very happy with the way he played.”

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Connor McDavid and defender Mattias Ekholm each had two assists.

Andrew Copp had a goal and an assist, JT Compher also scored for the Red Wings and Patrick Kane had two assists. Cam Talbot finished with 30 saves.

The Oilers beat the Red Wings for the fifth time in six games (5-0-1).

“We know how to win games, we just have to keep doing it,” Pickard said after the victory.

Takeaways

Oilers: With his two goals, Draisaitl extended his point streak to six games (five goals, three assists). McDavid has 25 points (five goals, 20 assists) in 16 career games against Detroit.

Red Wings: Defenseman Jeff Petry had an assist on Copp’s goal for his first point of the season.

Key moment

Detroit’s penalty kill unit, ranked 31st in the NHL at 64.3 percent, was able to kill Copp with 1:51 left in regulation, securing the team at least one point.

Key statistic

The Red Wings have been outshot in six straight games and are 3-3 in that span. Detroit is 31st in the NHL in shots allowed per game (34.7) and 32nd in shots on goal per game (24.6). The Red Wings have allowed at least 30 shots in six straight games, while having five straight games generating fewer than 30 shots on goal.

Following

The Oilers visit Columbus on Monday, while the Red Wings host Winnipeg on Wednesday.

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