The Oilers sent Dickinson out to take the draw to start overtime, and he won it back to Bouchard before heading to the bench to allow Savoie to join the trio with McDavid.
Hyman was called for holding on Stone, sending Vegas to the four-on-three PP, but the Blue & Orange were able to kill it off despite multiple Jack Eichel scoring chances. Murphy, Nurse and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins earned praise from their coach for the shorthanded stand.
“Murph and Nursey and Nuge, I thought they did a pretty good job,” Knoblauch said. “We gave up a couple shots, but they were on the perimeter. I don’t think they could have killed that any better.”
Bouchard then buried the winner 3:10 into extra time with a blistering top-shelf wrist shot after an offensive zone faceoff win by McDavid for his 20th tally of the season.
The Oilers are now two points ahead of Vegas for second in the Pacific and five behind the Anaheim Ducks for the division lead. They have a date with the Orange County squad on Saturday afternoon at Rogers Place.
“We’re looking more like we’re playing a playoff game, like things matter,” Knoblauch said. “Attention to detail and we’re simplifying our game. It’s nice to see. And obviously the games are so important right now that everyone seems like they’re dialed in and needing to. They know the urgency to play right.”