Red Wings Beat Oilers 4-3 in Shootout as Postava Wins First NHL Start

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 in a shootout at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Monday, October 26, 2026. Lucas Raymond scored the only goal of the shootout, which Detroit won 1-0, and goaltender Michal Postava won his first career NHL start by stopping every Edmonton shooter he faced in the shootout.

Postava closes his first start in the shootout

Postava made his first career NHL start for Detroit and finished the night against three of the most dangerous shooters in the league. In the shootout he stopped Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins in turn, which left Raymond's goal as the deciding score. Postava had already kept the game alive late in overtime, when he made a point blank stop at the top of the crease with just under seven seconds left in the extra period. That save held the score at 3-3 and sent the game to the shootout, where his three stops completed the win.

Edmonton scores first, Detroit answers in the second

Vasily Podkolzin put Edmonton ahead 1-0 at 6:10 of the first period, assisted by Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid. Detroit did not score in the first period and trailed 1-0 at the intermission. Viktor Arvidsson tied the game 1-1 at 8:35 of the second period, assisted by Lucas Raymond and Alex DeBrincat. Neither team scored again in the second period, and the game went to the third period tied 1-1. The period scores to that point were 1-0 to Edmonton in the first and 1-0 to Detroit in the second.

Four goals in a fast third period

The third period produced four goals and three lead changes in the space of the period. Isaac Howard restored Edmonton's lead at 4:18 of the third. Emmitt Finnie tied the game 2-2 for Detroit at 4:48, only thirty seconds later. Colton Dach put Edmonton ahead again 3-2 at 16:32, and Edmonton held that lead into the final two minutes. Dylan Larkin tied the game 3-3 at 18:43, assisted by Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider. Overtime was scoreless, so the game was decided in the shootout.

The numbers behind the result

Detroit outshot Edmonton 29 to 28. Edmonton goaltender Tristan Jarry stopped 26 of the 29 shots he faced. Arvidsson finished with a goal and an assist for Detroit, Raymond registered two assists before he scored the shootout winner, and Dach had a goal and an assist for Edmonton. McDavid's assist on the opening goal by Podkolzin gave him 34 points on the season and, according to Sportsnet Stats, broke an Edmonton franchise record. The reports checked for this story did not name which franchise record it was, so this story does not name it either. Detroit took the game on the road in the shootout, with the deciding moments coming from a goaltender in his first NHL start and from Raymond, who set up two goals in regulation and then scored the only goal of the shootout.