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The Wild could make history this season by winning the Central Division for the first time. Gustavsson leads the NHL in save percentage and is a dark horse Vezina Trophy candidate. Both have GAAs well under three and save percentages in the mid. The tandem has easily been the best in the league outside Boston, and it’s showing on the score sheet. Lastly, the Minnesota Wild have received elite goaltending from Marc-Andre Fleury and Filip Gustabsson. Players like Matt Boldy, Marcus Johansson and Joel Eriksson Ek have stepped up and provided crucial goals when needed. After the injury to star Kirill Kaprizov, they looked dead in the water, but lately they have received contributions from players throughout the lineup. Secondly, the Minnesota Wild have found scoring from across the roster. The Oilers embark on a five-game road trip starting in Tampa Bay against the Lightning on Wednesday.His physicality and leadership have helped rally the team and give them a boost down the stretch. The Wild play the second game of a four-game Canadian trip on Tuesday in Ottawa. Hyman scored with just over a minutes left for Edmonton. Minnesota made it 7-2 when Zuccarello picked the top corner on a breakaway opportunity five minutes into the final frame. The Wild scored their sixth goal on 15 shots when Boldy beat Koskinen with six minutes to play in the second.īenson scored his first NHL goal a couple minutes later on a scramble in front of the Wild net.

Minnesota restored its lead eight-and-a-half minutes into the second period as Dewar was credited with the goal after a shot hit the post and then caromed off of Koskinen's leg and into the net.

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It was the sixth time in Smith's last nine starts that he has allowed at least two goals on the opposition's first six shots.įiala scored his second of the game, and 16th of the season, with just over six minutes to play in the opening period, chasing Smith after allowing four goals on seven shots, with Mikko Koskinen coming in to replace him in net.Įdmonton got a goal back with three-and-a-half minutes to play in the first period when Kane tipped home a shot from in tight on the power play past Wild goalie Kaapo Kahkonen. It was a disastrous start for Edmonton, overall, as Minnesota would score two more goals within the next three-and-a-half minutes when Eriksson Ek scored his 16th of the season on the power play 5:21 into the game on its fourth shot, and then took a three-goal lead at the 6:17 mark when Kevin Fiala scored on a two-on-one on its fifth shot. It was the 33rd time in the last 41 games that Edmonton has allowed the game's first goal. We obviously had no jump today and our execution wasn't where it needs to be."Įdmonton once again found itself chasing the game early as the Wild scored 2:49 into the opening period on their second shot, as a sloppy clearing attempt led to Duhaime beating Oilers goalie Mike Smith to the glove side. But every team goes through this and we don't want to use it as an excuse. "We have been playing a lot of games, no question.

This league is too hard to come back from a 4-0 deficit," said Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl. "Obviously we didn't have much jump today. "That's obviously a big key to our game, getting a good start, getting pressure on them and getting on them from the beginning."Įvander Kane, Tyler Benson and Zach Hyman responded for the Oilers (28-19-3), who had a five-game winning streak snapped, suffering their first loss under new head coach Jay Woodcroft. "It's definitely more our style of how we want to play. "I think we played our game more tonight, right from the beginning, just getting pucks in and playing hard and not letting them break out," Boldy said. Brandon Duhaime, Joel Eriksson Ek, Connor Dewar, Matt Boldy and Mats Zuccarello also scored for the Wild (31-13-3) who snapped a two-game losing skid.