McDavid and Oilers defeat the Canucks 2-1 in Overtime

The Game was barely underway between Connor McDavid's Edmonton Oilers and the Vancouver Canucks when McDavid made a nice pass from behind the net setting up Yakupov for the first goal of the night.

The Canucks tied it soon after and the scoring would fade out for both the second and third period sending the game into overtime.  This was my first look at the Edmonton Oilers in the 3 on 3 format for extra time.

The game is very fast  3 on 3 and there were no room for mistakes as the Vancouver Canucks would soon find out as Lauri Korpikoski scored on a break-away just 1:46 into overtime.

I thought Connor McDavid had a solid game for the Edmonton Oilers adding another point to his total, giving him 5 points in 6 games thus far this season, not bad for a rookie.  I think that Connor McDavid, Yakupov and Pouliot make for a nice line, they seem to play well together and tend to be in the right place at the right time.

However, if the Edmonton Oilers are to have success this season they will need to get some scoring from there third and fourth lines.  They will need depth if they are going to compete every night especially in the wild, wild west. They can't expect Talbot and Nilsson to stand on there heads every night. Cheers for now.