Jakob Silfverberg scored the overtime winner for the Anaheim Ducks in a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday to even their playoff series 2-2.
Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf fed Silfverberg for a one-timer 45 seconds into overtime. Getzlaf had two goals and two assists with Rickard Rackell also scoring for the Ducks.
John Gibson made 29 saves for the win, while Oilers counterpart Cam Talbot had 35 saves in the loss.
Drake Caggiula, Connor McDavid and Milan Lucic replied for the hosts.
The road has been kinder than home ice so far in this best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal.
Anaheim won two in a row in Edmonton after the Oilers opened with a pair of victories at the Honda Center.
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Caggiula’s equalizer at 18:18 of the third period pushed the game into overtime for the first time in the series. He snapped a rebound over Gibson four seconds after time expired on an Anaheim minor penalty.
Edmonton led 2-0 after the opening period on goals from Lucic and McDavid.
Getzlaf sparked Anaheim’s surge, scoring 97 seconds into the second and producing a go-ahead goal at 14:25.
With his 35th and 36th career playoff goals, Getzlaf surpassed Teemu Selanne as the franchise all-time leader.
Patrick Eaves was scratched Wednesday due to a lower-body injury suffered in Game 3, so Corey Perry was reunited with Getzlaf on Anaheim’s top line with Rakell.
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Getzlaf pounced on a rebound that Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins failed to clear to give the visitors a 3-2 heading into the third.
Rakell pulled the Ducks even at 5:33 when Getzlaf threaded a goal-mouth pass over to him to bat past Talbot’s glove.
Edmonton unsuccessfully challenged goaltender interference on Getzlaf’s goal at 1:37. The Oilers contended Perry bumped Talbot as he was beaten five-hole on a wrist shot.
Gibson held off the Oilers over the first 10 minutes of the game when they outshot the Ducks 8-3. McDavid was the most dangerous player in the opening minutes with a pair of scoring chances.
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The Oilers captain salvaged an attempted give-and-go with Leon Draisaitl when McDavid’s pass deflected off Shea Theodore’s skate and back to him.
Edmonton’s captain swept the puck over Gibson at 17:43 for his second goal of the series and fifth of the post-season.
Draisaitl’s cross-ice pass from the boards deflected towards Anaheim’s net when Lucic spun and tapped the loose puck in for a power-play goal at 15:38. The Ducks were serving a bench minor for too many men.
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