{"id":401906,"date":"2026-01-09T11:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/401906\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:51:07","slug":"evan-bouchard-completes-edmonton-oilers-rally-over-jets-as-winnipegs-winless-skid-goes-to-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/401906\/","title":{"rendered":"Evan Bouchard completes Edmonton Oilers\u2019 rally over Jets as Winnipeg\u2019s winless skid goes to 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

WINNIPEG \u2014 Evan Bouchard<\/a> scored a goal and added an assist to lead the Edmonton Oilers<\/a> to a come-from-behind 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Connor McDavid<\/a>, with a goal and an assist, Zach Hyman<\/a> and Vasily Podkolzin<\/a> also scored for Edmonton (22-16-6).<\/p>\n

Calvin Pickard<\/a> stopped 13 of 16 shots for the win in net.<\/p>\n

Josh Morrissey<\/a>, Tanner Pearson<\/a> and Kyle Connor<\/a> scored for the Jets (15-22-5), who blew a 3-1 lead, are now winless in 11 straight games.<\/p>\n

Connor Hellebuyck<\/a> made 26 saves for Winnipeg before 14,373 fans at Canada Life Centre.<\/p>\n

Bouchard scored on the power play to give Edmonton a 4-3 lead 10:37 into the third period. With Nino Niederreiter<\/a> off for delay of game, Bouchard\u2019s screened shot from the blue-line eluded Hellebuyck. Podkolzin and McDavid assisted.<\/p>\n

Hyman had tied the game 3-3 about midway through the third when his shot from in close beat Hellebuyck. Darnell Nurse<\/a> assisted.<\/p>\n

The Oilers pulled to within 3-2 with 21 seconds left in the middle frame. Leon Draisaitl<\/a> set up McDavid in front of the Jets net. He faked a shot, then beat Hellebuyck. Bouchard also assisted on the goal.<\/p>\n

Winnipeg took a 3-1 lead into the second period.<\/p>\n

The Jets scored two goals 40 seconds apart late in the first period. Pearson scored at the 18:16 mark, with Cole Koepke<\/a> assisting. Morrissey then scored at 18:56 with the puck somehow trickling past a scrum of players in the crease.<\/p>\n

The Oilers knotted the score at 1-1 on a brilliant effort by Kasperi Kapanen<\/a>, who sped down the ice, then fed Podkolzin a backhand pass in front as he was headed behind the net. Podkolzin\u2019s shot barely deflected over Hellebuyck\u2019s shoulder. <\/p>\n

The Jets opened the scoring midway through the first. Mark Scheifele<\/a> set up Connor, who was alone in front and fired the shot past Pickard. Alex Iafallo<\/a> also assisted.<\/p>\n

Takeaways<\/p>\n

Jets: They dominated the first period, outshooting Edmonton 11-17 and outscoring the Oilers 3-1, but they failed to hold on to the lead as the Oilers took over the play in the second.<\/p>\n

Oilers: They were on their heels in the first but rebounded in the second, outshooting Winnipeg 12-3 and outscoring the Jets 1-0. They carried that into third, outscoring the Jets 2-0.<\/p>\n

Key moment <\/p>\n

McDavid scored with 21 seconds left in the second to turn the momentum to Edmonton\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

Key stat<\/p>\n

McDavid extended his point-scoring streak to 17 games, compiling 18 goals and 41 points in that stretch.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Winnipeg: Hosts the Los Angeles Kings<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n

Edmonton: Hosts the Kings on Saturday.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published on Jan. 8, 2026<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 8, 2026.<\/p>\n

Jim Bender, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WINNIPEG \u2014 Evan Bouchard scored a goal and added an assist to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-401906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}