Sekera scores in OT, Talbot makes 47 saves as Oilers beat Bruins 3-2 for 6th straight win

Edmonton Oilers defenseman Eric Gryba (62) strips the puck away from Boston Bruins right wing Brett Connolly (14) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Boston, Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (The Associated Press)

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Snowflakes are projected onto the ice at Boston Garden as Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara (33) skates during a warm up before the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Edmonton Oilers in Boston, Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (The Associated Press)

Edmonton Oilers goalie Cam Talbot (33) knocks the puck away on a shot by Boston Bruins left wing Matt Beleskey (39) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Boston, Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (The Associated Press)

BOSTON – Andrej Sekera scored 41 seconds into overtime to lift the Edmonton Oilers to their sixth straight win, 3-2 over the Boston Bruins on Monday night.

Cam Talbot made 47 saves, and Jordan Eberle and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored first-period goals for Edmonton. The victory halted an eight-game losing streak in Boston for the Oilers, fresh off a 5-0 homestand — their best since 1987.

The Oilers won the overtime faceoff, rushed into the Boston zone and Sekera won it with a wrister from the slot after Jonas Gustavsson stopped one shot.

The Bruins had tied it on Brad Marchand's goal with 4:38 to play in regulation.