EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:
EDMONTON OILERS AT MINNESOTA WILD
6:00 p.m. MT at Xcel Energy Center
BROADCAST INFO: 630 CHED Radio, Sportsnet
16-12-0 – 32 PTS RECORD 14-11-2 – 30 PTS
Div. – 4th Conference – 6th RANK Div. – 4th Conference – 8th
1st –30.7% (31/101) POWER PLAY 10th – 24.7% (22/89)
27th – 71.3% (77/108) PENALTY KILL 16th – 78.9% (71/90)
ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. MINNESOTA GP RECORD HOME (50) AWAY (49) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. MINNESOTA 99 36-49-4-10 19-24-3-4 17-25-1-6 229 283
OILERS vs. MINNESOTA – 2022-23 2 1-1-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 8 7
QUICK FACTS
• Monday’s game will mark Edmonton’s third and final meeting against the Wild this season and the second of two games in Minnesota.
• The last time these teams met was on December 9th in Edmonton, with the Oilers winning 5-2.
• Ryan Nugent-Hopkins leads the Oilers with 24 career points against the Wild and Tyson Barrie has played in a team high 35 career games against Minnesota.
• Nugent-Hopkins has eight points (4G, 4A) in his last six games against the Wild. Leon Draisaitl has 13 points (8G, 5A) in his last 10 games against Minnesota.
POINT STREAKING
-Connor McDavid is currently on 7-game goal streak (9G) and 8-game point streak (9G, 10A) McDavid joined Gretzky, Kurri, Lumley, Carson and Anderson as the only Oilers to score a goal in 7 consecutive games
-Zach Hyman in on a six game point streak, recording nine assists
-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is on a four game point streak (4G, 4A) and posted his second consecutive 3-point game on Dec. 9 vs. MIN, marking just the second time he has had consecutive 3-point games in his career
-Leon Draisaitl is on a two game point streak, registering four points (2G, 2A) and back-to-back multi-point games -Derek Ryan is on a two game goal streak and has recorded three points in that span
-Kailer Yamamoto is on a two game point streak, notching three points (1G, 2A)
-Klim Kostin is on a two game point streak, recording three points (1G, 2A)
-Tyson Barrie is on a two game point streak, posting three assists
-Darnell Nurse is on a two game point streak, recording two assists
MCDAVID AND DRAISAITL – 1, 2 PUNCH
Connor McDavid (9-9—18 in 7 GP) extended his goal streak to a career-high seven games as the Oilers (16-12-0, 32 points) moved past the Kings (14-11-4, 32 points) for third place in the Pacific Division. It marks the first time that a team other than Vegas, Seattle or Los Angeles ranks among the top three in the division since entering play Nov. 5, when Edmonton occupied second place. Leon Draisaitl (19-27—46 in 28 GP), who ranks second in the 2022-23 Art Ross Trophy race behind McDavid (25-29—54 in 28 GP), scored the 105th power-play goal of his NHL career to move within two of tying Jari Kurri (107) for fourth place in franchise history. On Dec. 9, marked the 90th time McDavid and Driasaitl both scored a goal in the same game (including playoffs)
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.
OILERS LEADERS OF THE PACK
Points – McDavid (54) – 1st in NHL
Goals – McDavid (25) – 1st in NHL
Assists – McDavid (29) – 1st in NHL
TOI/GP – Nurse (23:48) / (22:44 – McDavid) – Forwards – 1st in NHL
Shots – McDavid (110)
Blocks – Nurse (53)
Hits – Puljujarvi (63)
Takeaways – Draisaitl (28)
Power Play Goals – Draisaitl (12) – 1st in NHL
Power Play Points – McDavid (27) – 1st in NHL
Even Strength Points – McDavid (26)
LAST 10 GAMES vs. MINNESOTA
Record: 3-7-0
GF: 32 GA: 40
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
2018-19 2/7/19 @ MIN 4-1 W
2018-19 12/7/19 @ EDM 7-2 W
OILERS vs. MINNESOTA WILD – ALL-TIME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
2022-23 Regular Season Career
Player GP G A P PIM GP G A P PIM
Barrie, Tyson 2 0 1 1 0 35 4 13 17 12
Bouchard, Evan 2 0 1 1 0 5 0 1 1 4
Broberg, Philip 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Ceci, Cody 2 0 1 1 2 17 1 4 5 8
Draisaitl, Leon 2 2 2 4 2 19 12 7 19 4
Foegele, Warren 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 1 2
Hamblin, James 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Holloway, Dylan 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Hyman, Zach 2 0 2 2 0 12 3 6 9 6
Janmark, Mattias 2 0 0 0 6 25 2 4 6 6
Kane, Evander 0 0 0 0 0 30 12 8 20 24
Kostin, Klim 2 1 1 2 0 5 1 2 3 0
Kulak, Brett 2 0 0 0 4 12 0 0 0 6
Malone, Brad 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
McDavid, Connor 2 2 2 4 0 19 9 12 21 2
McLeod, Ryan 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0
Murray, Ryan 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 2 4
Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan 2 1 2 3 0 32 10 14 24 12
Nurse, Darnell 2 0 1 1 0 16 3 3 6 13
Puljujarvi, Jesse 2 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 2 0
Ryan, Derek 2 1 1 2 0 15 5 3 8 0
Shore, Devin 2 0 2 2 0 19 1 9 10 4
Yamamoto, Kailer 1 1 0 1 2 6 1 2 3 16
2022-23 Regular Season Career
Goalie GP W-LOT
SO GA GAA GP W-L-TOT
SO GA GAA
Skinner, Stuart 1 1-0-0 0 2 2.00 1 1-0-0-0 0 2 2.00
Campbell, Jack 1 0-1-0 0 5 5.00 4 0-3-0-1 0 12 2.98
OILERS LEADERS vs. WILD
NHL CAREER
Games: Barrie (35)
Goals: Draisaitl, Kane (12)
Assists: Nugent-Hopkins (14)
Points: Nugent-Hopkins (24)
Penalty minutes: Kane (24)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Nov. 9 F Mattias Janmark and Klim Kostin recalled from Bakersfield (AHL) F Evander Kane placed on LTIR
Nov. 17 F Tyler Benson loaned to Bakersfield on conditioning assignment (AHL)
Nov. 18 F Brad Malone recalled from Bakersfield (AHL)
Nov. 25 D Philip Broberg recalled from Bakersfield (AHL)
D Markus Niemelainen assigned to Bakersfield (AHL)
Nov. 27 F James Hamblin and F Tyler Benson recalled from Bakersfield (AHL) F Kailer Yamamoto and F Ryan McLeod placed on IR
OILERS IN DECEMBER
Overall – 533 GP, 234-222-42-34 – 0.509
2022-23 – 5 GP, 3-2-0 – 6 PTS
2021-22 –12 GP, 3-8-1 – 7 PTS
MINNESOTA WILD NOTES:
SERIES NOTES
UPCOMING WILD GAMES
GAME BROADCASTS
All-Time Wild Record: 59-30-10 (31-15-3 at Xcel Energy Center, 28-15-7 at Edmonton)
2022-23: Minnesota is 1-1 against Edmonton this season…The Wild notched a 5-3 series-opening win over the Oilers at Xcel Energy Center (12/1) before falling 5-2 at Rogers Place (12/9)…LW Kirill Kaprizov leads Minnesota with four points (1- 3=4)…C Joel Eriksson Ek (2-1=3) and RW Mats Zuccarello (2-1=3) have tallied three points each…G Marc-Andre Fleury is 1-1-0 with a 3.57 GAA and a .879 SV% in two starts…C Leon Draisaitl (2-2=4) and C Connor McDavid (2-2=4) lead Edmonton with four points each…C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1-2=3) has recorded three points…G Jack Campbell stopped 25-of-30 shots faced in the first meeting…G Stuart Skinner stopped 42-of-44 shots faced in the second matchup.
WILD LEADERS: Zuccarello leads Minnesota with 22 points (7-15=22) in 19 contests vs. Edmonton…D Jared Spurgeon has 13 points (8-5=13) in 32 matches…D Matt Dumba (4-6=10 in 19 games) and D Alex Goligoski (0-10=10 in 36 games) each have 10 points.
WILD GOALIES: Fleury is 15-5-1 with a 2.38 GAA and a .922 SV% in 21 career starts vs. the Oilers…G Filip Gustavsson has not faced Edmonton.
OILERS LEADERS: Nugent-Hopkins leads the Oilers with 24 points (10-14=24) in 32 matches vs. the Wild…McDavid owns 21 points (9-12=21) in 19 matches…Draisaitl owns 19 points (12-7=19) in 19 contests…D Tyson Barrie has 17 points (4-13=17) in 35 games.
OILERS GOALIES: Campbell is 0-3-1 with a 2.98 GAA and a .897 SV% in four starts…Skinner is 1-0-0 with a 2.00 GAA and a .955 S% in his lone start vs. the Wild.
FAST FACTS: The Wild’s 28 road wins vs. Edmonton are the most against any franchise…Its 59 wins against the Oilers are most against any team…Minnesota’s 128 points are tied for most against any team… The Wild’s 30 victories at Xcel Energy Center are its second-most against any franchise…The Wild is 21-8-1 in the last 29 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 27-6-1 in the last 34 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
Brandon Duhaime: upper body
Ryan Hartman: upper body
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Dec. 1, 2022 – Dec. 11, 2022
12/11/22 Reassigned D Andrej Sustr to Iowa
12/9/22 Recalled F Sammy Walker from Iowa and reassigned
F Joseph Cramarossa to Iowa
12/2/22 Recalled F Joseph Cramarossa from Iowa
12/1/22 Recalled D Andrej Sustr from Iowa
ON THE POWER PLAY
• Through 27 games the Wild has converted 24.7 percent (22 of 89) of power-play opportunities, 10th-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 sixth in the NHL with a 82.1 penaltykill percentage (46 for 56).
• Minnesota is fifth in the NHL with a 83.3 penalty-kill percentage (40 of 48) on the road this season.
WE’RE HEADED TO OVERTIME
• This season, Minnesota has five victories in games decided past regulation, tied for fourth-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.
Extra-Session Wins
Since 2021-22 Season
Entering Games Dec. 11, 2022
Rk. Team Wins
- Minnesota …………………………………………………………………..21
2t. Florida ………………………………………………………………………..17
2t. Tampa Bay…………………………………………………………………..17
2t. Dallas…………………………………………………………………………17
• 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).
