Edmonton Oilers at Vegas Golden Knights: did Evan Bouchard’s overtime goal end the special-teams stalemate?

The Edmonton Oilers entered T-Mobile Arena at 36-28 with 9 overtime losses and 4 points, and the Vegas Golden Knights came in at 32-26 with 15 overtime losses and 3 points. The Oil took a 4-3 overtime result on 3/26/2026 at 9:30 PM EDT, and Edmonton Oilers vs Vegas Golden Knights final score captured a road win that also featured a 52 percent faceoff share for Edmonton.

First period

The Edmonton Oilers opened the scoring with 1 goal in the first period while holding the Vegas Golden Knights to 0 goals in the frame. The Oil finished the night with 29 shots and 13 missed shots while generating 25 even-strength shots in the game. Edmonton recorded 15 hits and 19 blocked shot attempts, and Vegas countered with 21 hits and 14 blocked shot attempts.

Second period

The Edmonton Oilers added 2 goals in the second period, and the Vegas Golden Knights answered with 2 goals in the second period to keep the game close. The Oilers went 0-for-2 on the power play with 3 shots, and Vegas went 0-for-3 on the power play with 6 shots. Edmonton’s penalty kill faced 6 shorthanded shots against and allowed 0 goals, and Vegas’ penalty kill faced 3 shots against and allowed 0 goals.

Third period

The Edmonton Oilers were held to 0 goals in the third period, and the Vegas Golden Knights scored 1 goal in the third period to force overtime. Edmonton finished with 30 faceoff wins to Vegas’ 28, and the Knights had 15 giveaways to Edmonton’s 13. The Oil had 5 takeaways and Vegas had 8 takeaways, which shaped a late tie that turned on puck possession and clean exits.

Overtime

The Edmonton Oilers scored 1 overtime goal on 2 shots, and the Vegas Golden Knights finished overtime with 0 goals on 4 shots. Evan Bouchard was listed as the top game star, and he finished the previous Oil game with 1 goal and 1 assist for 2 points. Connor McDavid produced 1 goal and 2 assists for 3 points in the previous Oil game, and Connor Ingram posted 26 saves on 29 shots against with 6 shorthanded saves in that outing. Mark Stone was credited as a game star for Vegas, and Ivan Barbashev was also listed among the game stars as the Knights’ even-strength scoring accounted for all 3 Vegas goals.

Post-game notes

Edmonton finished with 4 even-strength goals and 5 total assists, and Vegas finished with 3 even-strength goals and 4 assists. The Oilers’ 15 penalty minutes and Vegas’ 13 penalty minutes produced 5-on-4 and 4-on-3 segments that ended without a power-play goal, and what went wrong for Edmonton Oilers on special teams was a 0-for-2 power play despite 80 percent power-play faceoff success. The Edmonton Oilers vs Vegas Golden Knights full match report also includes Edmonton’s overtime winner, the club’s even-strength finishing at 14 percent shooting, and post-game thoughts Edmonton Oilers centered on a road performance that held Vegas to 10 percent shooting.

The Edmonton Oilers will be back at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta on 3/28/2026 at 3:30 PM EDT with the Anaheim Ducks as the visiting team. The broadcast is scheduled to be available on ESPN+, KTTV, and Victory+, so lock in and then share this article with other Oil fans.