Bouchard blasted home his seventh goal of the season over the glove of Dustin Wolf at 8:36 of the period, tying things up 1-1 with the man advantage that’s now scored in seven straight games after converting just over a minute-and-a-half after the Flames took the lead on Sharangovich’s seventh of the year.
“It’s definitely clicking,” Bouchard said. “I think it’s hard when there are five guys that can make you pay. The guys up front make plays when you don’t think there’s a play to be made. I think at this point, we know where each other are going to be, and I think it’s working for us.”
Bouchard now has points in back-to-back games (1G, 2A) and has 36 points (7G, 29A), sitting third amongst NHL defencemen behind Cale Makar (43) and Zach Werenski (40). Leon Draisaitl picked up a helper with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and extended his point streak to six, totalling three goals and 10 assists.
McDavid had his best look at extending his own point streak to 12 games soon after on a breakaway, where Wolf needed to stop two rebounds inside the crease when the Oilers captain couldn’t put it away on his forehand before getting blown up by Kevin Bahl for good measure.
Nazem Kadri almost did the same thing the other way by toe-dragging Alec Regula for a dangerous chance that saw Ingram come up with his biggest stop of the opening 20 minutes, keeping it scoreless before helping Edmonton’s penalty kill off a five-on-four entering the intermission with the game tied 1-1.