Horvat helps Vancouver top Oilers in shootout
EDMONTON, Alberta -- Bo Horvat had a pair of assists and added the shootout winner as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Saturday.
Alexandre Burrows and Sven Baertschi also scored for the Canucks (17-18-3), who extended their winning streak to three games.
Drake Caggiula and Connor McDavid scored for the Oilers (19-12-7), who lost two of their last three -- both past regulation.
Vancouver's Markus Granlund appeared to score with 7:48 left in the first period, however it was determined that Brandon Sutter interfered with Oilers goalie Cam Talbot (30 saves) in the crease.
Edmonton had 14 first-period shots on Vancouver goaltender Jacob Markstrom (42 saves) in the scoreless first period.
The Canucks almost had another goal disallowed six minutes into the second period, but this time the call went their way as Burrows rifled a puck in with Horvat's collision with Talbot on the play ruled to be incidental.
The Oilers tied it with 7:29 remaining in the second period as Caggiula scored his second career NHL goal on a shot from the slot shortly after a power play expired.
The Canucks made it 2-1 at 4:57 of the third period as Baertschi scored his eighth of the season, sending his own rebound past Talbot.
Edmonton sent the game to overtime with 1:33 left in regulation as Leon Draisaitl made a nice feed to McDavid at the side of the net on the power play and he scored his 14th of the season.
NOTES: Vancouver returns home to launch a three-game homestand Monday against the Colorado Avalanche. Edmonton begins a four-game road trip against the red-hot Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday. ... Out with injuries for the Canucks were Derek Dorsett (back), Erik Gudbranson (wrist), Philip Larsen (upper body) and Jannik Hansen (knee). Missing from the Oilers lineup were Iiro Pakarinen (knee), Darnell Nurse (foot), Mark Fayne (lower body), Tyler Pitlick (knee) and Andrej Sekera (illness). ... Canucks F Daniel Sedin remains one assist shy of 600.