Kiefer Sherwood scored twice, including the game-winner in overtime, as the Vancouver Canucks beat the visiting Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Sunday night.
Brock Boeser added a goal and an assist, and Elias Pettersson also scored for Vancouver, which ended a three-game losing streak and improved to 2-2-0 at home this season.
Goaltender Thatcher Demko made 26 saves and went 4-0-0 in his last four home starts against the Oilers.
Leon Draisaitl scored twice and Jack Roslovic added a goal and an assist for the Oilers, who have lost two straight games.
Calvin Pickard stopped 23 shots in the loss.
Sherwood redirected a Boeser shot past Pickard at 1:43 of the overtime period for the game-winning goal.
Trailing 3-1, the Oilers scored two goals in the third to force overtime.
Roslovic brought Edmonton within a goal at 1:21 of the third period, robbing Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers of the puck and feeding it past Demko.
Edmonton tied it 3-3 on a power play at 14:57 as Draisaitl knocked a pass from Connor McDavid past Demko.
The Canucks took a 2-0 lead on a power play at 2:22 of the second period as Pettersson took a pass from Filip Hronek under Pickard’s blocker.
Edmonton cut the lead in half as Draisaitl beat Demko glove side on a breakaway at 16:32 of the second period.
Sherwood restored the two-goal lead with 41 seconds left in the second period, putting a nifty kick on Mattias Ekholm before beating Pickard’s side blocker.
Boeser opened the scoring at 15:42 of the first period, beating Pickard through five holes with a backhand shot during a partial break. Two of Boeser’s four goals this season have come against the Oilers.
Canucks captain Quinn Hughes missed the game with a lower body injury and was replaced in the lineup by Victor Mancini. The defenseman played 8:18 of ice time, but left the game in the second period and did not return.
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