MINNESOTA WILD NOTES:
SERIES NOTES
EDMONTON OILERS All-Time Wild Record: 60-30-10 (32-15-3 at Xcel Energy Center, 28-15-7 at Edmonton)
2023-24: Minnesota won the series-opening contest, 7-4, in Minnesota (10/24)…C Ryan Hartman posted five points (3-2=5) and a hat trick to lead the Wild…LW Kirill Kaprizov (0-3=3), D Jake Middleton (0-3=3), C Joel Eriksson Ek (1-1=2)and RW Mats Zuccarello (1-1=2) all contributed multi-point performances…G Filip Gustavsson stopped 24-of-28 shots faced in the win…D Evan Bouchard tallied three points (1-2=3) to lead the Canucks…C Leon Draisaitl (0-2=2), LW Warren Foegele (2-0=2) and LW Evander Kane (1-1=2) each added two points…G Jack Campbell saved 25-of-31 shots faced for Edmonton.
WILD LEADERS: Zuccarello leads Minnesota with 25 points (8-17=25) in 21 contests vs. Edmonton…D Jared Spurgeon has 13 points (8-5=13) in 33 matches…Kaprizov (1-11=12 in seven games) and Hartman (6-6=12 in 16 games) each have 12 points against the Oilers.
WILD GOALIES: G Marc-Andre Fleury is 16-5-1 with a 2.32 GAA and a .923 SV% in 22 career starts vs. the Oilers…G Filip Gustavsson has not faced Edmonton.
OILERS LEADERS: C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins leads the Oilers with 24 points (10-14=24) in 34 matches vs. the Wild…C Connor McDavid owns 22 points (9-13=22) in 20 matches…Kane has 22 points (13-9=22) in 31 games… Draisaitl owns 21 points (12-9=21) in 20 contests.
OILERS GOALIES: G Stuart Skinner is 1-1-0 with a 2.01 GAA and a .946 SV% in two starts vs. the Wild…G Calvin Pickard is 2-3-0 with a 2.75 GAA and a .919 SV% in five starts.
FAST FACTS: The Wild’s 28 road wins, 61 wins and 132 points against the Oilers are most against any team…The Wild’s 33 victories at Xcel Energy Center are tied for the most against any franchise (also COL)…The Wild is 23-8-1 in the last 32 games against the Oilers…Minnesota is 17-4-0 in its last 21 games in Edmonton, including an eight-game win streak (2/21/13- 1/31/17) – the longest road win streak in team history…Minnesota is 29- 6-1 in the last 36 games against Edmonton at Xcel Energy Center (since 2/25/07)…The Wild won 17 straight games against the Oilers in Saint Paul (2/25/07-10/13/11) – the longest home win streak against an opponent in franchise history
INJURIES
Zach Bogosian: upper body
2023-24 Total Man Games Lost: 48
EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:
ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. MINNESOTA GP RECORD GF GA HOME (50) AWAY (51)
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. MINNESOTA 101 36-51-4-10 234 292 19-24-3-4 17-27-1-6
OILERS vs. MINNESOTA – 2023-24 1 0-1-0 4 7 0-0-0 0-1-0
QUICK FACTS
• Friday’s game will mark Edmonton’s second of three meetings this season and the first of two games in Edmonton. The next time these teams will meet is on Feb. 23 in Edmonton. • The last time these teams met was on Oct. 24 in Minnesota, where the Wild won 7-4. • Ryan Nugent-Hopkins leads the team with 24 career points (10G, 14A) against Minnesota and Sam Gagner has appeared in a team leading 47 career games against the Wild.
WINNING STREAK
The Oilers are on a 5-game winning streak, spanning from Nov. 24 – Dec. 6:
Goals/Game – 5.20
Goals Against/Game – 1.60
Goal Differential +18
PP% 43.8
PK% 94.4
GOALS BY PERIOD
The Oilers scored four goals in the 1st period on Dec. 6 vs. CAR, giving them 36 1st period goals on the season which ranks 1st in the NHL. In 2022-23, the Oilers ranked 1st in the NHL in goals for in the first period (92).
SUPERSONIC SCORING
On Dec. 6 vs. CAR, the Oilers scored two goals in 41 seconds (McLeod and Ekholm), marking the second fastest two goals to start a game in franchise history. The only quicker outburst being on March 28th, 1982 vs. LAK, which came in 24 seconds (Messier and Lumley).
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Dec. 7
D Philip Broberg was loaned to Bakersfield (AHL)
D Ben Gleason was recalled from Bakersfield
LAST 10 GAMES vs. MINNESOTA
Record: 1-9-0
GF: 26 GA: 46
2022-23 10/24/22 @ MIN 7-4 L
2022-23 12/12/22 @ MIN 2-1 L
2022-23 12/9/22 @ EDM 5-2 W
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
