EDMONTON, AB -- Coming off a loss at Vancouver the night before, the Minnesota Wild looks to snap the Edmonton Oilers' five-game win streak in the second of back-to-back games tonight.
The Oilers dominated the Carolina Hurricanes 6-1 on Wednesday night at Rogers Place. F Zach Hyman scored a hat trick in the win. Hyman (3-0=3), F Connor McDavid (0-3=3), F Mattias Janmark (0-3=3) and D Evan Bouchard (0-2=2) all recorded multiple points. G Stuart Skinner made 39-of-40 saves and posted a .975 SV%.
Head to Head
Minnesota won the series-opening contest, 7-4, at Xcel Energy Center on Oct. 24. F Ryan Hartman posted five points (3-2=5) and a hat trick to lead the Wild. F Kirill Kaprizov (0-3=3), D Jake Middleton (0-3=3), F Joel Eriksson Ek (1-1=2) and F Mats Zuccarello (1-1=2) all contributed multi-point performances. G Filip Gustavsson stopped 24-of-28 shots faced in the win.
Edmonton's D Evan Bouchard tallied three points (12=3) to lead the Oilers. F Leon Draisaitl (0-2=2), F Warren Foegele (2-0=2) and F Evander Kane (1-1=2) each added two points. G Jack Campbell saved 25-of-31 shots faced for Edmonton.
Players to Watch
Zuccarello leads Minnesota with 25 points (8-17=25) in 21 contests vs. Edmonton
F Pat Maroon sits at 299 career points
G Marc-Andre Fleury needs three more wins to tie Roy's record and five more games to reach 1,000
Hyman, who tallied his third career hat trick on Wednesday, leads Edmonton with 15 goals
McDavid leads the Oilers in scoring (8-24=32) and is on a seven-game point streak (4-15=19)
Connections
Minnesota General Manager Bill Guerin collected 161 points (79-82=161) and 354 PIM in 211 games with Edmonton in parts of four seasons (1997-01)
Maroon recorded 86 points (49-37=86) in 154 games in parts of three seasons with the Oilers (2015-18)
D Jared Spurgeon is an Edmonton native
Fast Facts
The Wild’s 28 road wins, 61 wins and 132 points against the Oilers are its most against any team
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
