Canucks vs Oilers, Sep 29: final score & recap

Final (OT): Canucks 6, Oilers 5. The Vancouver Canucks beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-5 in overtime on the road on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.

Recap

The Vancouver Canucks beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-5 in overtime on the road on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.

Paul Cotter (Canucks) opened the scoring in the 1st period at 09:51.

Paul Cotter scored the winning goal in the overtime at 01:59.

Paul Cotter scored twice; Evan Bouchard scored three times (a hat trick); Vasily Podkolzin scored twice.

The Oilers outshot the Canucks 37-23.

K. Lankinen made 32 saves on 37 shots for the win.

Goals by period
Team	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	Total
Canucks	1	1	3	1	6
Oilers	1	1	3	0	5

Shots on goal by period
Team	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	Total
Canucks	5	7	9	2	23
Oilers	13	9	15	0	37

Team stats
Team	Stat	Canucks
Shots on goal	23	37
Faceoff %	0.4	0.6
Power play	1/2	1/4
Penalty minutes	8	4
Hits	13	38
Blocked shots	21	12
Giveaways	15	19
Takeaways	5	2

1st 09:51: Paul Cotter (SH), Canucks, unassisted (1-0)

1st 16:26: Evan Bouchard, Oilers, unassisted (1-1)

2nd 02:07: Marco Rossi, Canucks, assists Liam Ohgren and Filip Hronek (2-1)

2nd 14:34: Evan Bouchard, Oilers, assists Connor McDavid and Alex Formenton (2-2)

3rd 01:10: Jonathan Lekkerimäki, Canucks, assists Jake DeBrusk and Jamie Oleksiak (3-2)

3rd 02:55: Max Sasson, Canucks, assists Drew O'Connor and Linus Karlsson (4-2)

3rd 05:15: Elias Pettersson (PP), Canucks, assists Filip Hronek and Brock Boeser (5-2)

3rd 08:56: Vasily Podkolzin, Oilers, assists Evan Bouchard and Ryan Shea (5-3)

3rd 09:20: Evan Bouchard, Oilers, assists Connor McDavid (5-4)

3rd 19:17: Vasily Podkolzin (PP), Oilers, assists Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard (5-5)

OT 01:59: Paul Cotter, Canucks, assists Max Sasson (6-5)

Updated Nov 8, 2:58 AM ET