Hyman plays OT hero as Oilers edge Jets
Zach Hyman scored his 51st goal of the season 1:22 into overtime to lift the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday.
Hyman has five goals in a four-game goal streak.
The Oilers halted a two-game losing skid and the Jets recorded their fourth straight loss (0-3-1).
Edmonton led 3-1 six minutes into the third period, but Winnipeg goals one minute apart by Brenden Dillon and Sean Monahan tied it at 10:39.
Mason Appleton also scored for the Jets (44-22-6). Neal Pionk had a pair of assists.
Connor Hellebuyck made 38 saves for Winnipeg, which began a five-game homestand at Canada Life Centre with its sixth sellout of the season.
Leon Draisaitl, Connor Brown and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored for the Oilers (43-23-4). Nugent-Hopkins added an assist and Connor McDavid contributed a pair of helpers, extending his point streak to five games with one goal and 12 assists.
Stuart Skinner stopped 22 shots for Edmonton, which ended a three-game road trip going 1-2-0.
There was no scoring in the first period. The Oilers led 2-1 after the second.
The Jets had a 5-1 advantage in shots on goal when they got the game’s first power play after Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse was called for tripping four minutes into the opening period.
Skinner turned aside three shots, including robbing Winnipeg leadingscorer Mark Scheifele.
Shots on goal favoured the Jets 13-10 after the first.
Appleton used a rebound to beat Skinner at 4:43 of the second for his 14th goal of the season.
Hellebuyck denied forward Evander Kane on a breakaway shot and the rebound effort midway through the period.
Edmonton suddenly made it 2-1 at 13:29 after Draisaitl and Brown scored in under two minutes.
Draisaitl has five goals in five straight games, plus a pair of assists. McDavid assisted.
Brown was then dinged for a highsticking double minor, but Winnipeg didn’t get a shot on goal during the fourminute advantage.
The Jets took a penalty for too many men on the ice with a minute remaining. The period ended with Edmonton outshooting them 19-4.
Edmonton went up 3-1 on the power play after Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers received a double minor for high-sticking.
McDavid sent a pass to Nugent-Hopkins at the side of the net at 6:10, marking his 93rd assist of the season.
Dillon’s point shot flew over Skinner’s glove at 9:39, then Monahan’s tipped marker tied it up exactly a minute later.
Nugent-Hopkins was called for highsticking with 2:06 remaining in regulation, but the Jets only managed one shot on goal.