EDMONTON — Jordan Eberle scored the shootout winner as the Edmonton Oilers emerged with a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday.
Mark Letestu and Matt Hendricks scored in regulation for the Oilers (9-15-2), who have won just two of their last six games.
Torey Krug and Zdeno Chara responded for the Bruins (13-8-2), who saw a five-game winning streak come to an end.
There was no scoring in the first period, with Edmonton out-shooting the Bruins 10-8. Boston had the best chance, however, coming on a point-blank bullet from Matt Beleskey that forced Oilers goalie Anders Nilsson to make a big glove save.
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Taylor Hall was stopped on a partial breakaway by a diving Tuukka Rask five minutes into the second period and a trailing Eberle couldn’t find a way to get it into over the Boston goalie into a wide-open net.
Letestu converted on a shorthanded two-on-one give-and-go play with Hendricks to put the Oilers up 1-0 midway through the second period.
Boston tied the game with 1:33 left in the second as a Krug point shot caromed off of Edmonton defender Andrej Sekera and past Nilsson.
Hendricks tipped a Letestu shot past Rask to help the Oilers regain the lead just before the midway point of the third period.
The Bruins tied the game up again with 3:21 remaining after a ton of pressure paid of when David Krejci sent the puck in front to an unchecked Chara, who blasted home his fourth of the season.
Edmonton had a late power play in the overtime session, but couldn’t get a flurry of shots past Rask, sending the game to the shootout.
Both teams return to the ice on Friday as the Bruins travel to Calgary and the Oilers host the Dallas Stars.
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