edm 1, min 5

 

THIRD PERIOD

0.0: All Minnesota tonight. They take this one 5-1 at Xcel Energy Center on the back of pairs from Ryan Hartman and Kevin Fiala. Draisaitl gets the lone Oilers goal in defeat. The Oilers move on to the second game of their road trip on Thursday against the Nashville Predators.

3:20: Talbot squeezes the five-hole on a shot from Nugent-Hopkins. He’s made 22 saves tonight.

8:20: A McDavid rush leads to the captain drawing a holding penalty.

10:45: Big scrum leads to a Minnesota powerplay, with Kane going off with a pair of minor penalties and a 10-minute misconduct.

14:21: ON THE BOARD!!! Leon Draisaitl nets his 51st of the season with a shot through traffic and breaks the Oilers franchise record for power-play goals with his 21st marker on the man advantage. | MIN 5, EDM 1

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14:47: Barrie hits the crossbar from distance!

15:10: Puljujarvi is tripped up by Duhaime to send the Oilers to the powerplay.

16:38: Hartman bags his second to make it a five-goal game. | MIN 5, EDM 0

20:00: The third period has started.

SECOND PERIOD

0.0: A frantic Oilers powerplay goes unconverted, with Draisaitl missing his one-timer twice and Cam Talbot making two more stops. Edmonton trails 4-0 through 40 minutes.

2:17: Oilers head to their first PP after a holding the stick call.

2:24: Kassian is sprung on a breakaway but he puts his backhand over the crossbar!

6:24: Yamamoto heads right to the box after Coach Woodcroft called his timeout trying to rally the troops down four.

6:48: Hartman takes a feed from Kaprizov and spins around to lift one over Koskinen in front. One-way traffic. | MIN 4, EDM 0

10:20: Fiala stays hot against the Oilers as he snipes one short side and top corner over Koskinen from a tight angle for his second of the game. | MIN 3, EDM 0

12:18: A giveaway by Kulak is bailed out by a big glove stop by Koskinen on Fiala.

13:39: Kassian WIRES ONE THE POST coming off the bench and into the Minnesota zone.

16:59: Boldy and Fiala work a lane open in the slot and Fiala fires his third goal against the Oilers this season under the right pad of Koskinen. | MIN 2, EDM 0

20:00: The second period is UNDERWAY!!!

FIRST PERIOD

0.0: First 20 minutes are up and it’s the host Wild leading by a goal.

3:37: Oilers top line going to work with a good spell of possession in the o-zone. Evan Bouchard’s point shot leads to an Evander Kane backhand that forced Talbot into a save. The best chance for Edmonton so far.

11:25: First powerplay goes to the Wild for an Oilers Too Many Men call.

14:23: Pickoff by Frederick Gaudreau on the giveaway by Duncan Keith and he tucks home the opening goal. | MIN 1, EDM 0

17:39: Two big early stops by Koskinen. The Finn has started sharp!

20:00: GAME ON!

🎂 The birthday boy! 🎂

20:00: Tonight’s game at Xcel Energy Center will begin at 6:07pm MT.

 

TONIGHT’S PROJECTED LINEUP

Kane – McDavid – Puljujarvi
Hyman – Draisaitl – Yamamoto
Foegele – Nugent-Hopkins – Ryan
Brassard – McLeod – Kassian

Nurse – Ceci
Keith – Bouchard
Kulak – Barrie

Koskinen
Smith

OUT: Devin Shore, Kris Russell

 

OILERS TODAY | Pre-Game at MIN

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