Evan Bouchard's Late Goal Wows NHL Fans as McDavid, Oilers Beat Canucks, Tie Series

You won't see a much more dramatic finish than what the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers just authored in Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals on Tuesday night.

The Canucks looked as though they had forced overtime after Brock Boeser scored with just a little over a minute remaining, leveling the game 2-2.

But Evan Bouchard's goal with just 39 seconds remaining provided Edmonton with a much-needed answer, giving the team a 3-2 win that leveled the series at two games apiece.

And NHL fans and pundits alike couldn't believe the drama they witnessed:

It looked as though the Oilers were going to win this one comfortably, as Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had them out 2-0 heading into the third period.

Conor Garland halved the deficit in the third period before Boeser appeared to force overtime, only for the fireworks that followed.

It was a big night for goalie Calvin Pickard, who stopped 19 of the 21 shots he faced. For an Oilers team who had given up 12 goals in the first three games and made the change from Stuart Skinner to Pickard ahead of Game 4, it was a huge performance.

It was also a brave decision, as Pickard had never started a Stanley Cup Playoff game before Tuesday night.

Pickard, who came into the third period of Game 3 and stopped all three shots he faced, has seemed to stabilize the Oilers. And given the team's offensive superstars, led by Connor McDavid (one assist Tuesday), Edmonton doesn't need its goalie to be the second coming of Patrick Roy to win games.

On Tuesday night, he did just enough to keep the Oilers in position to steal a win. That was all the opening Bouchard needed to provide the heroics that followed.