Oilers ride elite power play to win over tight-checking Wild
The Edmonton Oilers secured a 4-3 overtime victory against the Minnesota Wild, heavily relying on an elite power play led by Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. Despite being outperformed at even strength by the Wild's top line, the Oilers capitalized on crucial man-advantage opportunities and an overtime winner by Evan Bouchard.
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“Every once in a while, you need to get fed your lunch.” — Mike Babcock.
EDMONTON — That’s a pretty good line. But on this night, the Minnesota Wild had a better one.
It’s not often, here in Edmonton, that the other team ices the best line of the game. But at even strength, the Wild’s top unit of Joel Eriksson Ek between Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy was exactly that — waaaaay better than Connor McDavid ’s line.
How much better? Two even-strength goals to none.
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