Evan Bouchard scored with 6:55 left and the surging Edmonton Oilers overcame a three-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Thursday night.

The Edmonton Oilers are in town for a Western Conference matchup as the Colorado Avalanche continue their five-game homestand. The Oilers will play their second game of a back-to-back tonight after taking a 5-3 win over the Minnesota Wild.

The Edmonton Oilers will face the Colorado Avalanche in this NHL matchup at Ball Arena on Thursday, January 16th.WATCH: Oilers vs Avalanche Live | Stream free on FuboThe Oilers are second in the Pacific Division with a 28-13-3 record.

The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 in an NHL Western Conference clash at Ball Arena in Denver on Thursday (Jan. 16) night. Viktor Arvidsson, Evan Bouchard, Brett Kulak and Connor McDavid scored for the Oilers.

All hope was seemingly lost after the Colorado Avalanche built an early 3-0 lead in the first period. Four unanswered Oilers goals, however, lifted Edmonton to their fourth straight victory and has put them in a very good spot in the standings.

The Edmonton Oilers picked up a 4-3 comeback win last night over the Colorado Avalanche. The Oilers went down 3-0 in the first period before adding four unanswered goals to pick up their fourth straight win and their eighth win in their last nine games.

But who’s manning his wings on any given shift can change wildly. Zach Hyman might be next to him, or all the way down on the third line trying to ignite things in order for Edmonton’s top-six into nine cylinders of offence. Yup, the reigning 54-goal scorer from a season ago spending significant time on the third line.

First Period_1, Colorado, O'Connor 6 (Kiviranta, Rantanen), 5:17. 2, Colorado, MacKinnon 16 (de Haan, Drouin), 10:04. 3, Colorado, MacKinnon 17 (Toews), 11:48. 4, Edmonton, Arvidsson 6 (Podkolzin, Nurse), 19:18. Penalties_Rantanen, COL (Slashing), 7:20.

Nugent-Hopkins, whose two-way acumen has him stapled to the top line most games, moved down the depth chart against the Wild. He moved from left wing to centre, playing with wingers Vasily Podkolzin and Viktor Arvidsson for much of the evening.

In a wild track meet of a game, with Colorado scoring the first three goals, then Edmonton the next four, the Oilers won 4-3 in Denver on Thursday night. In total, the Grade A shots were 17 for the Oilers, eight for the Avs, with the subset of more dangerous 5-alarm shots nine for Edmonton, five for Colorado.

Klingberg had been attempting to resurrect his NHL career after spending more than a year working his way back from injury.

Evan Bouchard spoke about the Edmonton Oilers’ ability to come back after trailing by multiple goals. After their 4-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche, Bouchard shared his thoughts on the Oilers' resilience. The Oilers have had three multi-goal comeback victories in their last four games.