MINNESOTA WILD NOTES:
SERIES NOTES
All-Time Wild Record: 59-29-10 (31-15-3 at Xcel Energy Center, 28-14-7 at Edmonton)
2022-23: The Wild notched a 5-3 series-opening win over the Oilers at Xcel Energy Center (12/1)…LW Kirill Kaprizov led Minnesota with three points (1-2=3) while C Joel Eriksson Ek (1-1=2), D Jon Merrill (0-2=2) and RW Mats Zuccarello (1-1=2) each recorded multi-point games…LW Matt Boldy (0-1=1), D Matt Dumba (0-1=1), C Frederick Gaudreau (0-1=1), LW Nic Petan (0-1=1) and C Sam Steel (1-0=1) rounded out the scoring…G Mark-Andre Fleury stopped 18-of-21 shots faced…Edmonton received multi-point performances from C Leon Draisaitl (1-1=2) and C Connor McDavid (1-1=2)…D Evan Bouchard (0-1=1), LW Zach Hyman (0-1=1), C Klim Kostin (1-0=1), C Derek Ryan (0-1=1) and C Devin Shore (0-1=1) all registered points…G Jack Campbell stopped 25-of-30 shots faced.
WILD LEADERS: Zuccarello leads Minnesota with 21 points (6-15=21) in 18 contests vs. Edmonton…D Jared Spurgeon has 12 points (8-4=12) in 31 matches…D Alex Goligoski owns 10 points (0-10=10) in 35 games…Dumba has 10 points (4-6=10) in 18 contests.
WILD GOALIES: Fleury is 15-4-1 with a 2.29 GAA and a .924 SV% in 20 career starts the Oilers…G Filip Gustavsson has not faced Edmonton.
OILERS LEADERS: C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins leads the Oilers with 21 points (9-12=21) in 31 matches vs. the Wild…LW Evander Kane has 20 points (12-8=20) in 30 contests…McDavid owns 19 points (8- 11=17) in 18 matches…Draisaitl owns 17 points (11-6=17) in 18 contests…D Tyson Barrie has 16 points (4-12=16) in 34 games.
OILERS GOALIES: Campbell is 0-3-1 with a 2.98 GAA and a .897 SV% in four starts…G Stuart Skinner has not faced Minnesota .
INJURIES
Jonas Brodin: lower body
Brandon Duhaime: upper body
Ryan Hartman: upper body
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Nov. 27, 2022 – Dec. 7, 2022
12/2/22 Recalled F Joseph Cramarossa from Iowa
12/1/22 Recalled D Andrej Sustr from Iowa
11/29/22 Reassigned G Zane McIntyre to Iowa
11/28/22 Assigned F Marco Rossi to Iowa
IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT
• Minnesota is 6-2-0 in eight games played since Nov. 19. During that span, the Wild are tied for fourth in the NHL in wins and tied for sixth in points (12).
ON THE POWER PLAY
• Through 25 games the Wild has converted 24.4 percent (20 of 82) of power-play opportunities, 11th-best in the NHL.
• The Wild have converted 34.1 percent (15 of 44) of power-play opportunities at home this season, third-best in the NHL.
• Minnesota recorded a power-play goal in a season-high six consecutive games from Nov. 23 – Dec. 4, going eight-for-19 (42.1 pct.) during that span. The streak tied for the fifth-longest in franchise history.
PENALTY KILLERS
• Since Nov. 8, Minnesota is third in the NHL With a 84.0 penalty-kill percentage (42 for 50).
• Minnesota is tied for second in the NHL with a 85.7 penalty-kill percentage (36 of 42) on the road this season.
WE’RE HEADED TO OVERTIME
• This season, Minnesota has five victories in games decided past regulation, tied for third-most in the NHL. The Wild have two overtime wins and three shootout victories.
• Since the start of the 2021-22 season, Minnesota leads the NHL with 21 victories in extra-session games.
• During the 2021-22 season, the Wild ranked second in the NHL with a franchise record 11 overtime wins and ranked tied for second with five shootout wins, good for 16 total extra-session victories.
• Minnesota went 16-7 in 23 extra session games during the 2021-22 season – its most extra session contests since 23 in 2013-14. The 16 extra session wins are the second-most in team history (17 in 2006-07).
WE’RE GOING BACK-TO-BACK
• The Wild will play in its fourth of 12 sets of back-to-back games against Edmonton and Vancouver. Since the start of the 2021-22 season, the Wild is 12-4-1 in the first game and 11-4-2 in the second game of back-to-backs.
EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:
EDMONTON OILERS VS. MINNESOTA WILD
7:00 p.m. MT at Rogers Place
BROADCAST INFO: 630 CHED Radio, Sportsnet
15-12-0 – 30 PTS RECORD 13-10-2 – 28 PTS
Div. – 4th Conference – 6th RANK Div. – 3rd Conference – 8th
6th –29.6% (29/98) POWER PLAY 11th – 24.4% (20/82)
28th – 70.9% (73/103) PENALTY KILL 12th – 79.8% (67/84)
ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. MINNESOTA GP RECORD HOME (49) AWAY (49) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. MINNESOTA 98 35-49-4-10 18-24-3-4 17-25-1-6 224 281
OILERS vs. MINNESOTA – 2022-23 1 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 3 5
QUICK FACTS
• Friday’s game will mark Edmonton’s second of three games against Minnesota this season and the lone game in Edmonton. The next time these teams will meet is December 12th in Minnesota
• The last time these teams met was on December 1st in Minnesota, with the Wild winning 5-3.
• Ryan Nugent-Hopkins leads the Oilers with 21 career points against the Wild and Tyson Barrie has played in a team high 34 career games against Minnesota.
POINT STREAKING
-Connor McDavid is currently on 6-game goal streak and 7-game point streak (8G, 9A)
-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is on a three game point streak (3G, 2A) and posted a multi-goal game (2G, 1A) on Dec. 7 vs. ARI
-Brett Kulak is currently on a two game goal streak
THREE OF A KIND
On Dec. 1 at Minnesota, Tyler Benson, Stuart Skinner and James Hamblin all played for the Edmonton Oilers marking the first time in NHL history where three players who played on the same minor hockey team (SSAC U14 AAA) played a game for the same team in the NHL.
BOUCHARD’S LATE GOAL MAGIC
On Nov. 28 vs. Florida, Evan Bouchard scored the game-tying goal in the final five seconds of regulation before Connor McDavid (1G, 2A – 3PTS) capped off his three-point performance with an assist on Leon Draisaitl’s overtime winner.
OVERTIME WINNER
Connor McDavid scored the overtime winning goal on Nov.19 vs. Vegas. The goal marked his 14th career overtime goal
and he ranks first in the NHL in overtime goals since 2015-16.
MOST OVERTIME GOALS SINCE 2015-16
Connor McDavid – 14
Jonathan Toews – 13
Brad Marchand – 13
Sidney Crosby – 12
POWER PLAY PUNCH
Leon Draisaitl scored his 100th career power play goal on Nov. 21 against New Jersey and recorded his 101st power play goal which also stood as the game winning goal on Nov. 26 against the New York Rangers. Draisaitl holds sole possession of 5th spot all-time in Oilers power play goals and is just 25 goals shy of the all-time lead held by Glenn Anderson and Ryan Smyth. Draisaitl is six power play goals from tying Jari Kurri (107) for 4th on the Oilers power play goals list.
500 AND COUNTING
Following his 500th career game on Nov. 7 at WSH, Connor McDavid finished ranked 6th all-time in NHL scoring (724 PTS) in your first 500 games. McDavid became the 9th player in Oilers franchise history to score a goal in his 500th NHL game, joining the likes of Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier and Leon Draisaitl.
200 CLUB
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his 200th career goal with the Oilers on Oct. 26 at STL which stood as the game winning goal. Nugent-Hopkins becomes just the ninth player in Oilers history to record 200 goals with the Oilers and has achieved the mark in 726 games all with the Oilers.
SHOOTING GALLERY
The Oilers posted a franchise high 26 shots on goal in one period on Oct. 24 vs. PIT. The previous record of 24 shots was done three times and most recently against Calgary on Feb. 1/20. Evander Kane also posted a team high nine shots against the Penguins and tied an Oilers record for most shots in a period by a player, recording eight shots in the second period. Taylor Hall co-holds the record, posting eight shots previously on Feb. 19/11 vs. ATL). Kane holds the league record of 10 shots in a period by a player, which he recorded on Nov. 1/18 against Columbus as a member of the San Jose Sharks.
LAST 10 GAMES vs. MINNESOTA
Record: 2-8-0
GF: 30 GA: 42
2022-23 12/1/22 @ MIN 5-3 L
2021-22 4/12/22 @ MIN 5-1 L
2021-22 2/20/22 @ EDM 7-3 L
2021-22 12/7/21 @ EDM 4-1 L
2019-20 2/21/20 @ EDM 5-3 L
2019-20 12/12/19 @ MIN 6-5 L
2019-20 10/22/19 @ MIN 3-0 L
2018-19 2/7/19 @ MIN 4-1 W
2018-19 12/7/19 @ EDM 7-2 W
2018-19 10/30/18 @ EDM 4-2 L
OILERS IN DECEMBER
Overall – 532 GP, 233-222-42-34 – 0.509
2022-23 – 4 GP, 2-2-0 – 4 PTS
2021-22 –12 GP, 3-8-1 – 7 PTS
