Oilers vs. Wild Game Preview: Oil Going for a Sixth-Straight Win
The Oilers are feeling it. Can they keep closing the gap?
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The Edmonton Oilers are feeling good about their game and have won five in a row. Their last game was a dominant performance where the team came out of the gates early after a layoff and never stopped pressuring the Carolina Hurricanes. Can they do the same against a Minnesota Wild roster that is playing the second of a back-to-back and following a loss?
Connor McDavid is on a tear, with two goals and 14 assists in his last five games. He’s back and feeling it. Can he continue to stay hot?
Meanwhile, Mattias Janmark can become the first player in NHL history to win in his 500th career game. Zach Hyman is on pace to have the highest goals per game of his career and Evan Bouchard has 24 points in 23 games.
Stuart Skinner gets the start for the Oilers and he’s been solid of a late.
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The Oilers’ Tentative Line-Up:
RNH – McDavid – Hyman
Kane – Draisaitl – Brown
Janmark – McLeod – Foegele
Gagner – Hamblin – Ryan
Nurse – Ceci
Ekholm – Bouchard
Kulak – Desharnais
Skinner
Pickard
The Wild’s Tentative Line-Up:
Kaprizov-Rossi-Zuccarello
Johansson-Eriksson Ek-Boldy
Foligno-Gaudreau-Maroon
Duhaime-Dewar-Hartman
Brodin-Faber
Middleton-Spurgeon
Merrill-Goligoski
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The game starts at 7:00 pm MT. We’ll be kicking off the conversation when the puck drops!