The Bruins had a 2-0 lead going into the second period against the Oilers. Edmonton erased the deficit and scored the game-tying goal with 2:21 left in the game. Mattias Ekholm needed just 1:04 in overtime to score the game-winner, snap Boston’s winning streak and give the Oilers the 3-2 win.
Elias Lindholm stayed hot for the Bruins and scored his second goal in as many games and now has four points in his last three.
The Bruins closed the road trip with a 2-2-1 record. They’ll welcome the Buffalo Sabres to TD Garden on Saturday night.
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The first period was all Bruins as they controlled much of the opening 20 minutes, outshot the Oilers 12-5 and took a 2-0 lead into intermission.
Lindholm opened the scoring just 67 seconds into the game. Mark Kastelic doubled the lead with a nifty backhand on a great effort to give the Bruins a 2-0 lead with 2:25 left in the period.
“It was a good transition play. I don’t know exactly how it started,” Kastleic told NESN’s Judd Sirott during first intermission. “… I just tried to take it to the net and good things happened.”
The Oilers cut Boston’s lead in half 8:33 into the second when Zach Hyman scored from the faceoff circle and beat Jeremy Swayman on a goal through his leg pads. Boston killed two Edmonton penalties and continued to be strong on defense to hold on to a 2-1 lead at the end of the second.
With 2:21 left in the game and the Oilers in desperate need of a goal Connor McDavid came up big and scored to tie things up at 2-2.
While clearly gassed in overtime, David Pastrnak went for the line change before the Oilers rushed up the ice and Ekholm potted the game-winner.
While he didn’t show up on the stat sheet, Oliver Wahlstrom had a solid defensive debut for the Bruins. The newcomer had two shots and one black in 8:51 of ice time.
Swayman, who made his third straight start, made 23 saves in the loss.
