McDavid's OT heroics completes Oilers' comeback victory over Canucks

Connor McDavid scored with 23.4 seconds left in overtime, powering the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-2 comeback win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.

The Edmonton captain tapped a pass from Darnell Nurse into the net for his 20th goal of the season.

The Oilers (20-16-2) outshot the Canucks (18-19-3) 50-27 but struggled to get pucks past Vancouver goalie Spencer Martin until midway through the third period.

Tyler Motte, with a short-handed tally, and Elias Pettersson scored for Vancouver.

Mikko Koskinen had 25 saves for the Oilers while Martin registered 47 for the Canucks.

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Draisaitl nearly ended the game in overtime, slipping around Brock Boeser near the boards and getting a clean shot off from in tight but Martin was there to make the stop.

The German sniper forced extra time, evening the score 10:24 into the third. He blasted a one-timer past Martin for his 29th goal of the season.

The Oilers came into the game boasting the league's best power play (30.5 per cent) and were 1-for-3 with the man advantage. The Canucks came in with the worst penalty kill in the NHL (67 per cent) and were scoreless on their lone power play.

Edmonton got on the board 6:33 into the third when McLeod unleashed a rocket from the bottom of the faceoff circle and his shot squeaked between Martin and the post.

The goal, McLeod's fifth of the season, prompted cheers of "Let's go Oilers!" from the Edmonton fans littered around Rogers Arena.

A crucial block led to Vancouver's second goal of the night.

With Juho Lahmmikko in the penalty box for holding Draisaitl, the Canucks were tasked with shutting down the Oilers' potent power play.

Motte got a similar breakaway