NHL Oct.27/2015 Edmonton Oilers – Minnesota Wild

NHL Oct.27/2015 Edmonton Oilers – Minnesota Wild

UP. AND–. [ LAUGHING ] JOHN SHANNON. IT SHOULD BE FUN. AND THE BIG THEME THERE, NOT JUST THE MEDICAL SITUATION. BUT WE DO HAVE DARNELL NURSE IN THE HOUSE. TWO-GAME AUDITION LAST YEAR. WASN’T ABLE– WHAT CAN HE DO THIS TIME TO STICK WITH THE BIG CLUB? >> John S.: WELL, PLAY A

SIMPLE GAME. THAT’S REALLY THE THING. AND THAT IS REAL AWHY HE WAS SENT TO BAKERSFIELD, DAVID. TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST INTO THAT STREAK. GENE AND DREW ARE UP NEXT. WE WILL SEE YOU AFTER 20 MINUTES. ENJOY ROGERS OILERS HOCKEY. >> Announcer: ROGERS OILERS HOCKEY. BROUGHT TO YOU BY ROGERS.

WITH ROGERS STAY CONNECTED WHEREVER YOUR DAY TAKES YOU. BY MOLSON CANADIAN, DIEHARD FAN AND PROUD PARTNER OF THE EDMONTON OILERS. BY FORD, OFFICIAL AUTO MOTIVE PARTNER OF THE EDMONTON OILERS. BY SCOTIA BANK, YOU’RE RICHER THAN YOU THINK. AND BY THE REXALL CENTREER THE. FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME,

TIME TO PLAY SAFEWAY SCORE AND WIN. IF ANY PLAYER AT HOME SCORES– ASTRID WOODARD COULD BE OUR NEXT LUCKY WINNER. I’LL TELL YOU WHO IS WINNING THE BATTLE WHEN IT COMES TO THE OILERS’ TOP LINE RIGHT NOW. IT IS BENOIT POULIOT, CONNOR McDAVID AND NAIL YAKUPOV. McDAVID AND YAKUPOV CURRENTLY

RIDING FIVE GAME POINT STREAKS. POULIOT THREE GAMES IN A ROW WHERE HE’S HAD A POINT. >> THANKS VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING, ERN. WELCOME INSIDE THE XCEL ENERGY CENTER THE FIRST OF THREE BETWEEN THE MINNESOTA WILD AND THE EDMONTON OILERS. LET’S MEET THE STARTING GOALTENDERS FOR CAM TALBOT, THIS WILL BE HIS SEVENTH START

OF THE SEASON. HE LOOKS TO EVEN HIS ROAD RECORD AT 2 AND 6– 2 AND 2. NOW THE GUYS MENTIONED LOOKING TO KEEP HIM OUT OF THE LINE-UP, BUT THE FORMER OILER IS GOOD TO GO. HE CAME ON IN RELIEF AGAINST WINNIPEG. GAVE UP A GOAL ON 15 SHOTS.

HE TOOK THE LOSS IN A 5-4 DEFEAT. THE OILERS OF COURSE LOSING 3-2 AGAINST L.A. ON SUNDAY AND LINE-UP CHANGES DARNELL NURSE IS IN. JUSTIN SCHULTZ IS OUT. >> EXCITING FOR THE FANS. THEY HAVE LEARNED A LITTLE BIT FROM THE TIME HE’S BEEN IN THE AHL. >> IT IS ANDRE ZUCKER WHO WILL

START THIS GAME FOR THE MINNESOTA WILD. NUGENT HOPKINS ON THE WINGS AND KLINKHAMMER WHO IS WITH EDMONTON NATIVE JORD JARED SPURGEON. JASON POMINVILLE UP FRONT FOR MINNESOTA WILD. WHO ARE 3 AND 0 AT HOME. AND IT’S DEVIN DUBNYK WHO HAVE GOTTEN ALL THREE OF THOSE VICTORIES HERE IN ST. PAUL.

BEHIND THE NET, POMINVILLE HAS IT NOW TRYING TO CENTRE IT OUT IN FRONT. PAUL PICKS IT UP. NIFTY LITTLE PASS TO KLINKHAMMER. KLINKHAMMER GIVES IT RIGHT BACK TO TAYLOR HALL. HALL CUTS TO THE MIDDLE. WRIST SHOT GOES. OFF OF JARED SPURJEN AND UP AND INTO THE NETTING.

LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE DE KEYS TO THE GAME. BROUGHT TO YOU BY FORD, OOFFICIAL AUTO MOTIVE PARTNER OF THE EDMONTON OILERS. >> THEY HAVE TO PLAY INSIDE THE MINNESOTA WILD. AND YOU HAVE TO BEAT THEIR PUCK POSSESSION GAME WITH NUMBERS. YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE

MORE INSIDE NUMBERS THAN THEY DO. AND FOR THE MINNESOTA WILD. IN ON YOUR BIKE. THEY WILL STAY IN THE OFFENSIVE ZONE. THAT’S WHY YOU HAVE TO PLAY THE INSIDE GAME WITH THE NUMBERS. >> ERIC GRYBA AND DAVIDSON ON THE BLUE LINE. GRYBA DID AS WELL. VANEK BROKEN UP BUT THE OIL

TRS PUCK IN THE WILD ZONE. KORPIKOSKI. CHARLIE COYLE SPINS IT AROUND THE BOARDS. VANEK PLAYS IT TO THE MIDDLE. ANTON LANDER HEADED IN FRONT. BUT THERE TO BREAK IT UP AND BACK OUT TO THE MINNESOTA WILD. THOMAS VANEK BOUNCES ONE IN ON CAM TALBOT. VANIC WITH FOUR GOALS ON THE SEASON.

HE TOOK UNTIL DECEMBER 126th TO GET THOSE FOUR GOALS LAST YEAR. BEEN BATTLING INJURY. AND OFF-SEASON SURGERY TO REPAIR A GROIN PROBLEM. THERE IS DARNELL NURSE NUMBER 25 BEING TALKED ABOUT IN TWO GAMES LAST YEAR. AND SIX GAMES IN BAKERSFIELD THIS YEAR. HE’S GOT ONE POINT. POULIOT. YAKUPOV. HIT BY MARCO SCANDELLA.

POULIOT BACK TO NURSE. LETS THE SHOT GO. THAT ONE GOES WIDE. ZHUKER BOUNCED IT BY CLEF BOMB. CONNOR McDAVID KEEPS IT IN FOR YAKUPOV. YAKUPOV CHECKS HIGH. SCANDELLA. ANTON SLEPYSHEV GETTING HIS FIRST SHIFT. HE WAS A HEALTHY SCRATCH AGAINST LOS ANGELES. JST JASON ZHUK OR SCORED TEN SECONDS IN IN THE GAME AGAINST

WINNIPEG. FRANCHISE RECORD FOR THE MINNESOTA WILD. ZUCKER BEHIND THE NET. HERE’S CARTER AND HAULA. ZUCKER FIRES THE SHOT. THAT ONE MISSED. RYAN SUTER ON THE NEAR SIDE HE WILL GIVE IT TO HAULA. RYAN CARTER PLAYS IT AROUND THE BOARDS. PASS CAME ALL THE WAY BACK AND IT WAS MISSED AND THE OILERS

GET A CHANGE. SURTS AVERAGING ALMOST 26 MINUTES A GAME. THEY HAVE CUT THAT DOWN. GETTING ON IN YEARS. HAULA DROPS IT FOR CARTER. BUT A LITTLE INTERCEPTION THERE BY RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS. AGAIN A STICK AND IT GOES UP INTO THE NETTING. >> YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME IN YOUR ZONE WITH THE

MINNESOTA WILD. GUYS UP HIGH A GREAT JOB ON THE FORECHECK. BUT IF YOUR PACE INSIDE HAS BETTER NUMBERS THAN THEY DO YOU’LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT PUCK TO START MOVING OUT. SO A NICE LITTLE MOVE BY THE SCREEN FORWARD THERE GOT TO GET SHOTS TO THE NET.

>> SO FAR ONE SHOT EACH AS NUGENT HOPKINS LINES UP AGAINST KOIVU. WHO WINS THAT DRAW. OFF THE BOARDS LOOKING FOR ZHUKER. ZHUKER DROPPED IT. KOIVU’S GOT IT. BRO DIN FACING IN. PAUL LOST TIGHT PUCK COMES RIGHT OUT IN FRONT. AND CAM TALBOT COVERS. >> HE TALKED ABOUT IT THE OTHER DAY.

CAM TALBOT. WHERE ARE THE EDMONTON OILERS IN REGARDS TO THE NUMBER ONE GOALIE OR NUMBER TWO? WHO ARE GOING TO BE THESE GUYS? SEEING IT. THE NEXT FEW YEARS. >> THREE GOALS ON 44 SHOTS. >> SPECTACULAR. >> BRO DIN, HE’D KEEP IT IN BRIEFLY. MOVES IT TO THE MIDDLE AND IS

PICKED UP THERE BY MATT DUMBA. THROWS IT TOWARDS THE NET. THAT GETS DEFLECTED. GOES OFF THE GLASS. LAYS IT AROUND THE BOARDS. DUMBA WILL KEEP IT IN. ZACH PARISE. LETING THE SHOT GO AND THAT ONE WENT WIDE. DUMBA KEEPS IT IN ON THE FAR SIDE. DUMBA DOWN LOW FROM PARISE.

PARISE CHECKS BY DARNELL NURSE. POMINVILLE WINGING IT OFF THE IRON. GETTING DEFLECTED BRO DIN LET IT GO. POMINVILLE PUTS IT BACK TO DUMBA. TRY TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT! KORPIKOSKI WITH PURCELL. PURCELL HANGS ONTO IT. RIGHT OUT IN FRONT. PUT BETWEEN THE LEGS OF KORPIKOSKI. >> YOU’VE GOT TO GET SOMETHING

TO THE NET ON A FOUR ON ONE LIKE THAT. NICE PLAY. UP WITH THE FIRST PASS TO KORPIKOSKI WASN’T VERY GOOD. AND THAT STOPPED THE MOMENTUM. >> BACKED UP. JUST KIND OF FELL OVER. >> IN BY YAKUPOV. CONNOR McDAVID. YAKUPOV WITH A STEAL. THE OILERS THIRD IN THE LEAGUE IN TAKEAWAYS. LIKE DAVID.

YAKUPOV GOES OFF AND QUICKLY BACK THE OTHER WAY. COMES IN. TRYING TO MAKE A MOVE. COULDN’T GET AROUND. >> GOOD SUPPORT. McDAVID. >> TWO SIDES COULD HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OFF THE PUCK THERE. STILL ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF IT. TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING. >> TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM

SCHLEPP SHELVE. CAN’T GET IT OUT OF HIS OWN ZONE. IN THE LINE-UP. HEALTHY SCRATCH AGAINST WINNIPEG. BOLLENED TAKES THE SEAT TONIGHT. SCANDELLA IN THE BACKHAND BY ROB KLINKHAMMER. SUITOR UNDER PRESHER FROM KLINKHAMMER. CLINK HAMMER HAD SEVEN HITS IN THAT GAME AGAINST L.A. FEEDS THE TEAM, HE HAS 25 ON THE SEASON.

NUGENT-HOPKINS NOW AGAINST CHRIS PORTER. PAUL, NUGENT HOPKINS. KLINKHAMMER OFF THE SKATE OF NUGENT HOPKINS. IT COMES RIGHT TO KLEFBOM. PAD AND THE TIP BY NUGENT HOPKINS AND THE TIP GOES WIDE. BRINGING IT BACK TO NURSE. AND IT’S OFFSIDE. CONNOR McDAVID ON A FIVE-GAME POINT STREAK PLUS THIS MOVE. >>> BACK INSIDE ST. PAUL,

MINNESOTA. WORKING ALONGSIDE DREW–. >> LUCKY DOG. >> ABLE TO START FOR THE EDMONTON OILERS. NOT TOO FAR INTO THE GAME. >> ONE THING. SPENDING TIME IN THEIR ZONE. IT’S GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT. YOU HAVE TO PLAY AGAINST A TOUGH, TENACIOUS TEAM. BUT SO FAR, VERY HAPPY WITH THEIR STRUCTURE.

>> Kylee: 13:07 TO GO IN THE FIRST PERIOD. NOT MANY SHOTS TO TALK ABOUT. JUST ONE EACH. >> DIDN’T LIKE THE FACT THAT HE GOT HIT. BUT I LIKE THE FACT THAT TAYLOR HALL IN THIS GAME. >> ZHUKER WITH A SHOT THAT IS STOPPED BY CAM TALBOT. LOOKING TOWARDS THE PUCK AND

GETS IT. DROPS IT BACK, YAKUPOV TURNED. HE WAS CHECKED. ZHUKER COMES BACK THE OTHER WAY. ZHUKER INSIDE THE LINE. TO SUITOR AND SCORES. CAM TALBOT, I DON’T THINK SAW THAT SHOT. AND THE WILD HAVE A 1-0 LEAD. >> TALKING ABOUT THE MINNESOTA WILD TODAY. THEY ARE A VERY GOOD TEAM ON THE TRANSITION.

ASK THEY ARE GOING TO GO ON THE TRANSITION RIGHT HERE. EVEN THOUGH THE PUCK IS DEEP. THEY ARE GOING TO BE MOVING THE OTHER WAY. THEY HAVE NICE ATTACK UP THE ICE. THEY’VE GOT NUMBERS UP THE ICE. AND YOU’RE RIGHT, A COUPLE SCREENS, KEVIN. WE HAVE A LOOK AT THIS SHOT.

RYAN SUTER, AND YOU HEARD JAFF eTALK ABOUT THAT. SHOOTS THE PUCK AS HE’S JOINING THE ATTACK. GOES OFF OF MARK FAYNE’S STICK OVER A SCREEN OF CAM TALBOT. GOOD TRANSITION. IMPRESSIVE D UP THE ICE. BANG. RYAN SUTER. THE WAY HE LOOKED TODAY. OOH, WOW, THAT’S A MAJOR HIT.

THIS IS A TOUGH ONE RIGHT HERE. ERIC GRYBA DOING WHAT HE SHOULD DO. UNFORTUNATELY ERIC GRYBA GAVE THE PASS. >> AND ERIC GRYBA IS HEADED TO THE PENALTY BOX. >> FLYING ACROSS INITIAL CONTACT FROM THIS ANGLE. WHAT I LOOK AT IT IS ON THE HEAD. NO CALL FROM THE OFFICIAL.

COMES ACROSS, BANG, THAT’S CONTACT RIGHT THERE. AND THAT’S WHY ERIC GRYBA GOES AFTER MATTHEW DUMBA. ONE MORE TIME. IF WE LOOK AT THAT FIRST ANGLE AGAIN. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST ANGLE AGAIN, INITIAL CONTACT IS UP, AND RIGHT ON THE HEAD. AND THE REFEREE DOESN’T MAKE THE CALL.

>> AND THE WILD GET ON THE POWER PLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS GAME. WITH ERIC GRYBA SITTING IN THE PENALTY BOX. >> ERIC WASN’T HAPPY THAT HE GAVE A PASS, BUT HE WAS MORE UPSET THAT HIS OWN GUY GOT HIT. THEIR POWER PLAY IS RIGHT IN THE LEAD.

EDMONTON OILERS’ PENALTY KILL IS FIFTH BEST ON THE ROAD. GRAN LYNN AGAINST LETESTU. SUITOR. IN FOR POMINVILLE. AND JUST WENT OFF THE END OF HIS STICK. KOIVU. CROSS-ICE. PARISE PICKS IT UP AGAIN. IN BY POM POMINVILLE, DOESN’T WORK, SUITOR ABLE TO PUT THAT PUCK IN. WATCHED BY LETESTU. PARISE.

AS KOIVU AND POMINVILLE ALONG WITH GRANLUND AND SUITOR. THIS IS SUITOR. GETTING HIM A SLAPSHOT! FOR KOIVU. >> VERY GOOD WEAK SPOT. >> 1:09 LEFT TO GO IN THE MAN ADVANTAGE. MINNESOTA WITH SIX POWER PLAY GOALS. TWO OF THEM HAVE COME HERE TO THE XCEL ENERGY CENTER. DAVIDSON TURNS, PLACES IT OFF

THE BOARDS, BUT HE CAN’T GET IT OUT. NOW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS. HE HAS KLEFBOM CATCHING UP SHORTHANDED. OSCAR KLEFBOM GETS THE PUCK. AND INTO THE CORNER. WASTES SOME MORE TIME. RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS ON THE ATTACK. RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS NEEDS THIS TOO IN TAKEAWAYS AND DUBNYK MAKES A SHORTHANDED SAVE THERE.

THE SECOND SHOT FOR THE EDMONTON OILERS. ON THE INTERCEPT GOAL, BACKHANDS THAT PUCK DOWN THE ICE AND HE’S GOING TO CHANGE. MARCO SCANDELLA LEADS THE RUSH FOR MINNESOTA. ACROSS THE BLUE LINE, HE WILL DISH OFF, GETS THE PUCK BACK AGAIN, HE SCORES. MARCO SCANDELLA POWER PLAY GOAL. IT’S 2-0.

AS HE GOT THE PASS FROM THOMAS VANEK. >> MARCO SCANDELLA STARTS THE PLAY, AND THEN FINISHES THE PLAY. COMES UP THE ICE, 17 SECONDS LEFT IN THE PENALTY. YOU TAKE WHAT THE OPPOSITION GIVES YOU. SO IT JUST DISHES IT OFF AND THEN DRIVES TOWARDS THE NET. IT’S A GOOD PLAY BY SCANDELLA.

IT’S NOT A GOOD PLAY DEFENSIVE PLEA BY MARK FAYNE. MARK FAYNE HAS GOT TO GET IN THIS POSITION RIGHT HERE. HE’S GOT TO HAVE SCANDELLA GOING TO THE NET. SAKU GOES OVER TO CONFRONT THE PLAY ON THE PASS ON THE SIDE OF THE BOARDS. MARK FAYNE HAS TO GET IN FRONT OF SCANDELLA.

NOT LET HIM GET TO THE NET. >> HIS FIRST GOAL OF THE SEASON. AND FIRST IN HIS LAST NINE. >> THREE ON THE YEAR AND A FOUR-GAME POINT STREAK. >> MARCO SCANDELLA. AS YOU YOU MENTIONED, HE IS AS HOT AS THEY’VE COME RIGHT NOW. HIS TEAM AND PLUS/MINUS ON THE POWER PLAY.

THAT’S A POWER PLAY GOAL, JUST HONESTLY, IT’S TOO EASY. AND IT’S THE STUFF THAT JIM JOHNSON WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE PENALTY KILL WILL DRIVE HIM CRAZY. HE DOESN’T MIND IF THE TEAM SCORER POWER PLAY EXECUTES PERFECTLY. AND YOU KNOW, THEY JUST ARE BETTER THAN YOUR PENALTY KILL.

BUT RIGHT THERE, YOU’VE GOT TO MAKE IT TOUGH ON THE OPPOSITION. SCANDELLA WALKS IN UNTOUCHED. AND THAT’S REALLY, NOT WHAT YOU WANT AT ALL. >> 11 GOALS LAST YEAR. DOWN THE WING, STOPS UP, PLAYS IT BACK TO THE POINT. WAITING FOR IT THERE. THAT GETS DEFLECTED WIDE. HAULA PLAYS IT BACK TO THE

POINT. DUMBA STEPS INTO A ONE TIMER THAT SNAPPED HIS STICK IN HALF. OSCAR KLEFBOM WILL GIVE IT TO DARNELL NURSE. 9:35 LEFT TO GO HERE IN THE FIRST PERIOD. THE WILD WITH TWO GOALS ON FIVE SHOTS. THE OILERS WITH TWO SHOTS ON DEVIN DUBNYK. McDAVID, YAKUPOV AND POULIOT. UP FRONT NOW AGAINST THOMAS

VANEK. FONTAINE AND COYLE. FONTAINE AROUND THE BOARDS FOR CHARLIE COYLE, HE IS TIED UP THERE BY GRYBA. VANEK. FIRES THE SHOT THROUGH TRAFFIC AND THAT ONE GOES WIDE. COYLE WITH A REBOUND. PLAYED IT TO THE MIDDLE. IT WAS PICKED OFF THERE BY McDAVID. AND McDAVID GETS HAULED DOWN.

AND THE OILERS ARE GOING TO GET THEIR FIRST POWER PLAY OF THIS HOCKEY GAME. McDAVID CUTTING FROM THE NET. DROP PASS, YAKUPOV, OPPORTUNITY, SCORE, COMING IN WAS TAYLOR HALL. TO MAKE IT A 2-1 GAME! >> THAT’S WHY YOUR GOALIE HAS TO HUSTLE ON THE NET, AND YOU HAVE TO HUSTLE ON THE ICE.

IN THAT SITUATION, WHEN THERE IS A DELAYED PENALTY CALL, TAYLOR HALL JUMPS ON THE ICE WITH CAM TALBOT COMING TO THE BENCH. AND I LIKE THE FACT ON THIS PLAY THE OILERS JUST DIDN’T GIVE UP ON IT. KEPT MAKING THE PLAY. CONNOR McDAVID WITH REALLY VERY LITTLE SPACE.

AGAIN, MAKES THE PLAY AT THE NET. YAKUPOV MAKES THE PLAY TO THE NET. INSIDE THE NUMBERS NOW, MINNESOTA WILD ARE DEBATING THIS. THEY ARE DEBATING THIS BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD CONTROL. RIGHT THERE BY DEVIN DUBNYK ON THE YAKUPOV SHOT. THEY ARE COMPLAINING RYAN SUTER COMPLAINING. THAT ONE, I DO NOT BELIEVE IS

CHALLENGEABLE. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOAL FOR THE EDMONTON OILERS. >> FOR THE TAYLOR HALL HE HAD A POWER PLAY GOAL IN THE GAME AGAINST LOS ANGELES. NOW HE HAS THREE POINTS IN HIS LAST THREE GAMES AND HE GETS HIS FOURTH GOAL OF THE YEAR. AND FOURTH CAREER GOAL AGAINST

THE MINNESOTA WILD. SO CONNOR McDAVID AND NAIL YAKUPOV CONTINUE THEIR STREAKS. THEY ARE BOTH AT SIX GAMES NOW. LIFE, GIVING UP A POWER PLAY GOAL HAS COME BACK WITH HIS FOURTH OF THE YEAR AND IT’S 2-1. TEDDY PURCELL CHIPS IT AHEAD, HE’LL PICK IT UP HIMSELF. PURCELL, LANDER, SLEPYSHEV.

SLEPYSHEV KEEPS IT IN FOR PURCELL. HE WAS CHECKED BY MIKO KOIVU. TIE-UP BEHIND THE NET. PUCK STILL ALIVE, IT COME FREESE, SCANDELLA WILL GET IT TO ZHUKER. IT WILL GO CROSS-ICE. NEIDERREITER WHO WAS IN BEHIND THE DEFENSE. NERD REITER. — NEIDERREITER CHECKED BY SLEPYSHEV, THE PUCK COME FREESE. SEKERA DROPS IT BACK.

>> IT’S A HEAVY GAIN. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT THE MINNESOTA WILD IN THE THIRD, A BIG, STRONG TEETH, BUT JAY WOODKROFT TALKING TO JAY WOODKROFT YESTERDAY ABOUT THE MINNESOTA WILD. >> CHECKED BY SUITER. THERE IS KLEFBOM. TIED FOR SECOND IN THE LEAGUE. AND ANOTHER STICK. THIS TIME IT’S YAKUPOV.

>> JUST GET OFF THE ICE IF YOU ARE NAIL YAKUPOV AND GO GET A NEW ONE. >> SUITOR BACK IN. GRANLUND GETTING IT BACK AGAIN. PROVIDING THE SCREEN IN FRONT. YAKUPOV HAS IT IN TOO. >> GREAT PRESENCE ON THE MINNESOTA WILD TONIGHT. >> KLEFBOM. AND HANDS THAT PUCK IN. WAITING FOR IT AGAINST

POMINVILLE. IT COMES FREE, SUITOR TAKES A HIT THERE FROM BENOIT POULIOT. DAVIDSON FIRERS IT RIGHT TO DEVIN DUBNYK. BRO DIN, THEY’VE GOT IT BEHIND HIS OWN NET. THEY’LL PLAY IT OFF THE BOARDS, PICKED OFF BY McDAVID. McDAVID, QUICK MOVE, McDAVID STILL HAS IT. HERE’S McDAVID. ANOTHER CHANCE. DUBNYK MAKES THE SAVE AND

HE’LL COVER UP. >> YOU DON’T THINK THAT GUY IS SOMETHING SPECIAL, YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE WATCHING. THIS KID IS SOMETHING TO WATCH. >>> WELCOME BACK. JANUARY 14th DEVIN DUBNYK WAS TRADED FOR A THIRD ROUND PICK. ACQUIRED BY MINNESOTA AND HIS LIFE OF HOCKEY HAS NEVER BEEN THE SAME SINCE.

LOOK AT WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH LAST YEAR WITH THE WILD. AND IT LED TO AN OPPORTUNITY OF GOING TO THE NHL AWARDS. WON THE BILL MATHESON TROPHY WHICH BEST EXEMPLIFIES DEDICATION. AND IN HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH HE THANKED CAREY PRICE FOR NOT BEING NOMINATED. OTHERS CAREY SEEMED TO WIN EVERYTHING ELSE.

HOCKEY SENSE OF HUMANNER. HAULA AND OFFSIDE. IS CHRIS BORDEN. RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS THREE POINTS IN HIS LAST TWO GAMES. LIMELIGHT, DREW SCORED A VERY IMPORTANT GOAL. BECAUSE THE OILERS WERE KIND OF RUNNING AROUND. 7:25 THE TIME OF THE FIRST GOAL, ASK THEN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER IT WAS A

POWER PLAY GOAL BY SCANDELLA. >> SKPITS HELPED THEM SETTLE DOWN A LITTLE BIT. GIVEN THEM A LITTLE BIT OF ENERGY, WHICH THEY NEEDED. IN THAT SECOND GOAL KIND OF ZAPPED THEM FOR A BIT. >> LOW. NUGENT HOPKINS GETS TO THE PUCK FIRST. FROM A SHARP ANGLE. HAS IT AGAIN DOWN LOW.

>> AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. >> LAYS IT BACK TO THE POINT. JONAS BRO DIN TRIES TO GET AROUND TEDDY PURCELL, CAN’T DO IT. AND BRO DIN FIRES THE PUCK AROUND THE BOARDS. SEKERA THERE WAITING FOR IT. ALL THE WAY AS WELL. >> HE GETS HIS LEG. NOT THERE. >> OPPORTUNITY NOW.

SENDS IT AROUND THE BOARDS. SLOWING IT DOWN. MATT DUMBA CHOPS IT TO THE OTHER SIDE. CHARLIE COYLE CHECKED BY SLEPYSHEV. THIS IS BRO DIN. BY YAKUPOV. NAIL YAKUPOV. TRYING TO WORK IT UP FOR DAVIDSON. THOUGHT ABOUT THE ONE-TIMER. THEN THE PASS. POULIOT CAME BACK AND HELPED HIM OUT. DAVIDSON FIRES THAT PUCK BACK

IN. DEVIN DUBNYK CAN’T CONTROL IT. POULIOT AGAINST DUMBA. YAKUPOV FROM THE CORNER. McDAVID BEHIND THE NET. FEEDS IT IN FRONT OF McDAVID IT WAS TIPPED AWAY BEFORE HE CAN GET THE SHOT. GRANLUND MOVING IN WITH PARISE. DROP PASS FOR PARISE. HE’LL GO CROSS-ICE. TRYING TO FIND JASON POMINVILLE.

>> YOU HAVE TO SORT OUT THEIR ATTACK ALL THE TIME. YOU HAVE TO BE TALKING AND IDENTIFYING AND LOCKING OUT ALL THE OTHER GUYS. PENALTY COMING UP. >> AND IT COMES WITH THREE MINUTES AND 55 SECONDS LEFT TO GO IN THE PERIOD. >> OILERS ARE GOING TO BE DOWN ONE MAN.

IN FACT THEY ARE DOWN TWO MORE. PAST ROB KLINKHAMMER. JUST IN THE CORNER. HE GOES DOWN, GETS TWISTED UP. GETS UP LIMPING. >>> IN THE PENALTY BOX, GOING TO BE A HOOKING PENALTY. AND THIS IS WHERE IT’S HAPPENED RIGHT THERE. EXPLAIN WHERE YOU SEE A HOOK THERE, AND I WILL GIVE YOU A

DOLLAR. BECAUSE I DON’T SEE ONE THERE. I THINK THAT’S A SOFT CALL. >> SECOND POWER PLAY FOR THE WILD. THERE’S 1 FOR 1. GRANLUND GOES CROSS-ICE. PARISE GOT HIS SHOT. FOLLOWS UP. ZACH PARISE PLAYING IN HIS 700th NHL GAME. LETESTU AND LANDER STARTED THIS PENALTY KILL. THEY WILL HEAD OFF.

CONNOR McDAVID AND BENOIT POULIOT ARE OUT THERE NOW. WITH GRYBA. AND OSCAR KLEFBOM. POMINVILLE. PLAYS IT AROUND THE BOARDS. GRANLUND AND GRYBA. COME TOGETHER, KOIVU COMES UP WITH IT. CENTRED IT OUT IN FRONT. DOWN, AND THE OILERS ABLE TO CLEAR. THEY QUICKLY CHANGE THEIR PENALTY KILLERS. RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS UP THERE

NOW WITH TEDDY PURCELL. NURSE AND SEKERA. PARISE BRINGS IT ACROSS THE LINE. DROP PASS, NUGENT-HOPKINS TAKES THAT. BOUNCES IT OFF THE BOARDS AND SENDS IT THE LENGTH OF THE ICE. DAVIDSON’S PENALTY DOWN TO 54 SECONDS. AS SCANDELLA WILL HEAD THE POWER PLAY GOAL. PASSES OFF FOR SPURGEON WHO PLAYS IT AROUND THE BOARDS.

NEIDERREITER WAITING FOR IT THERE. NEIDERREITER AND ZHUKER. — ZUCKER, SPURGEON. NEEDER RITER IS OUT IN FRONT. VANEK TRYING TO GET IT TO HIM. NURSE TRIES UP WITH NEIDERREITER. THE PUCK STILL ALIVE, BUT THEY ARE IN FOR IT. BACK TO THE POINT IT COMES, SCANDELLA GOES TO JARED SPURGEON. MOVE FROM THE MIDDLE.

IS OFF. VANEK SETS TO THE SHOT. NEIDERREITER PROVIDING THE SCREEN. NEIDERREITER AGAIN. HE’LL GIVE IT TO VANEK. TRYING TO PUSH OFF. ZUCKER LETS IT GO. MAKES THE GLOVE. >> MAKES THE SHOT. FRONT. WEAVES IT PERFECTLY. INTERCEPTS. PROTECTS THE PUCK. THROWS IT DOWN THE ICE. NICE DEFENSIVE PLAY. THEN RIGHT HERE, THE

GOALTENDER THE BEST PENALTY KILLER. TERRIFIC SAVE BY CAM TALBOT WHO FLASHES BRILLIANT LEVELS. >> EIGHT SHOTS. HIGH AROUND THE NET. STAY LOW WITH THE PUCK. HAVE FR AND HAVE THAT GUY CENTRE OUT OR FLY OUT I SHOULD SAY TO THE HIGHEST SLOT. >> THREE SHOTS FOR THE WILD ON THE POWER PLAY.

1 FOR, DASHDSON COMING BACK. POULIOT CAN’T GET IT BY FONTAINE. GRYBA WILL JUST BACKHAND IT DOWN THE ICE. HIS DRAW WAITS. FOLIN HAS A PLAN. POULIOT. BENOIT POULIOT ON A TWO-GAME POINT STREAK OF HIS OWN. PACK YOFSH HAS RULED. HERE COMES NAIL YAKUPOV. BY BRO DIN, DUMBA CAN’T GET IT BY YAKUPOV.

YAKUPOV GOES CROSS-ICE. TRYING TO LET THE SHOT GO. HAS IT CLEARED. YA’, NO KIDDING, HEY? >> I SHOULD SAY, BOOMING VOICE. THERE IS KORPIKOSKI BACK. GOOD TO SEE YA’ AFTER HE TOOK THE HARD HIT FROM MATTHEW DUMBA. WENT IN AND WAS EXAMINED. HE’S READY TO GO AGAIN.

AND THE WILD AND TOO MANY MEN. >> THE OILERS WAIT IN THE FIRST PERIOD. GETTING POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES. >> 55.1 SECONDS LEFT TO GO. >> THE RED SWEATER. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE. AND COMING OUT IS SIX. GETTING INVOLVED RIGHT IN THE PLAY. PUT TIMING ON THE PASS. BAD TIMING.

>> JUST IN TIME OF THE PENALTY. WILL LINE UP AGAINST KOIVU. KLEFBOM, PURCELL , NUGENT-HOPKINS. OUT THERE TO START THIS POWER PLAY. AROUND THE BOARDS. GETTING IT BY TEDDY PURCELL. >> THESE BOARDS AREN’T LIVELY. KLEFBOM GOES RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE FOR TEDDY PURCELL. PURCELL DISHES OFF TO LANDER. LANDER GIVES IT TO PURCELL.

BACK UP TOP, NUGENT HOPKINS. KLEFBOM. OSCAR KLEFBOM THROWS IT ACROSS THE ICE. TEDDY PURCELL’S GOT IT. ALL IN THE HIGH SLOT. BACK UP TOP. ONE-TIME SHOT AND THAT GETS DEFLECTED WIDE. SPURGEON GOOD MOVE AND THE PUCK IS SENT DOWN THE ICE. A CHANCE FOR ONE LAST RUSH IN THIS PERIOD.

WE’RE DOWN TO 15 SECONDS. KLEFBOM LEADS THE WAY FOR EDMONTON. DROPS IT BACK FOR NUGENT-HOPKINS. NUGENT-HOPKINS NEAR SIDE FOR HALL. HALL, BACK UP, PLAYS IT BACK TO THE POINT. IT GOT BY KLEFBOM, AND THAT’LL DO IT FOR THE PERIOD. THE OILERS WILL HAVE 1:05 OF POWER PLAY TIME. THAT GOAL DAVID

>>> ROGERS OILERS HOCKEY COMING TO YOU ON SPORTSNET. GREAT STATUE THERE. WATCHING DOWN HERE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TAKING ON THROUGH ONE PERIOD. JOINED BY RICHARD NURSE, FATHER OF DARNELL NURSE. FORMER CFL PLAYER WHO IS HERE WITH YOUR WIFE, KATHY. YOU ARE WATCHING YOUR SON PLAY

IN THE NHL FOR THE FIRST TIME. WHAT DO YOU THINK SO FAR? >> IT’S A GREAT EXPERIENCE. YOU KNOW WHAT, HE’S OUT THERE, HE’S BATTLING. GETTING HIS FEET UNDER HIM. FEEL OF THE GAME RIGHT NOW. >> NOW DO YOU WATCH HIM VERY CLOSELY? OR MORE WATCHING THE GAME THEN TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> START OUT THERE. WATCHING VERY CLOSELY. DID YOU SPEAK TO HIM ABOUT DEALING WITH THINGS LIKE THAT? >> YOU KNOW WHAT, I TOLD HIM AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. YOU GO DOWN THERE AND YOU MAKE THE BEST OF IT. YOU GO DOWN THERE AND YOU PLAY

HARD AND YOU COMPETE. YOU COME BACK UP HERE AND YOU DO YOUR JOB. RICHARD THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ENJOY WATCHING THE REST OF THE WAY. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> ALL RIGHT GENE THANKS. 6:10 FOR DARNELL IN THE FIRST PERIOD. AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT

SCORING PERIOD. VISIT WORLEYPARSONSCARD.COM. ENJOY GREAT BENEFITS AND A SAFE WORK ENVIRONMENT. >> WE HAVE RYAN SUTER SCORING THE FIRST GOAL OF THE GAME. HIS FIRST OF THE YEAR. FROM JASON ZUCKER. AND THEN SCANDELLA ON THE POWER PLAY. JUST HOT AS CAN BE. POINT SCORING STREAK. BEST PLUS/MINUS ON THE TEAM.

AND TAYLOR HALL ON DELAYED PENALTY. HE JUMPS ON, YAKUPOV GETTING THE ASSIST. TAYLOR GETS THE GOAL AND YAKUPOV McDAVID NOW SIX GAMES FOR THE POINTS. >> TIE SIX STRAIGHT GAMES FOR AT LEAST A POINT. AND YOU MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHT HERE. A MINUTE POWER PLAY TIME REMAINING.

ON THE TOO MANY MEN PENALTY TAKEN BY THE WILD AT THE END OF THE FIRST PERIOD. FOR THE EDMONTON OILERS AS THEY TRAIL BY ONE. HAULA UP FRONT WITH KOIVU. SUITER AND SPURGEON ON THE BLUE LINE. PENALTY KILL WHICH IS NUMBER ONE LAST YEAR ON THE MINNESOTA WILD. CURRENTLY RANKED 22nd IN THE

LEAGUE AT 77.3%. YAKUPOV DROPS IT BACK TO SEKERA. WRIST SHOT THROUGH TRAFFIC. YAKUPOV GETS THE REBOUND. McDAVID PLAYS IT BACK TO SEKERA. THEY PLAY PATCH, McDAVID. TAKES THE SHOT AND THEN HE LET IT GO. AND IT HIT SUITOR. AND UNABLE TO KEEP IT IN AT THE BLUE LINE. BRINGINGS IT IN, HE’LL DISH

OFF TO McDAVID. McDAVID FOR POULIOT. POULIOT. ONE SHOT FOR THE OILERS. ON THE MAN ADVANTAGE. THE OILERS KEEP CONTROL. THIS IS LETESTU. BACK TO A POINT. HARD SHOT BY GRYBA. A PUCK GOES UP IN THE AIR AND IT’S PICKED UP THERE BY NEIDERREITER. MINNESOTA WILD WILL TAKE ON CHICAGO HERE ON FRIDAY.

A TEAM THAT HAS ELIMINATED THEM FROM THE POST-SEASON. THREE STRAIGHT YEARS. THE OILERS MEANTIME WILL GO HOME AFTER THIS GAME. AND THEY AWAIT THE MONT REY Y’ALL CANADIENS. THE RECORD HELD BY TWO OTHER TEAMS THE LEFS AND THE BUFFALO SABRES. 10 AND 0 TO START THE SEASON. >> TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE

SYSTEM. YOU WOULD HAVE TO THINK THE MONTREAL CANADIEN’S BELIEF SYSTEM RIGHT NOW IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH. YOU WATCH THE WAY THEY PLAY. IT’S A CONFIDENT GROUP. >> TURNING IS NUGENT-HOPKINS. HE FIRES THAT PUCK TOWARDS THE NET. ROB KLINKHAMMER LEFT THE GAME WITH AN INJURY. SO NOW THE OILERS HAVE

SCRAMBLED TO FILL THAT SPOT. OFF THE SHIFT, RIGHT THERE. KORPIKOSKI THOUGH, WE MENTIONED IS BACK. HE IS WITH LANDER AND TEDDY PURCELL. >> THE STUDIO DISAGREED? >> I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT SPARKED A DEBATE. ABOUT THE HIT BY DUMBA WHETHER IT WAS A SHOT TO THE HEAD. OR A CONTACT INITIALLY WAS

SHOULDER AND THEN IT WENT UP TO THE HEAD. AND SO IT GOES. PURCELL DRIVING TOWARDS THE NET. AND DUBNYK MAKES THE SAVE. WELL OUR FIRST SCORE AND WIN WINNER COURTESY OF SAFEWAY AND KRAFT DINNER IS IAN OF EDMONTON. WHO HAS WON THE PREMIUM BLUE TOOTH HOUSE OF MARLEY SPEAKER.

AND THAT’S ON THE FOURTH GOAL OF THE SEIZE BIN TAYLOR HALL. THAT CAME AT 11:09 AND EACH GETTING A POINT. LET THAT GO. THAT WAS A RADIOSTATION IN EDMONTON, I THINK SOME OF THE FANS HAD FLOATED THAT IDEA. IT MAY BE ON A TEE SHIRT SOON, WE’LL SEE. DARNELL NURSE IN FRONT.

INTENDED FOR YAKUPOV WHO WAS STEERED AWAY BY RYAN SUTER. BUT THIS LINE KEEPS THE PRESSURE ON. YAKUPOV WITH A SHOT DEFLECTED! THAT HIT CHARLIE COYLE. AND DEVIN DUBNYK MADE THE SAVE. >> AND THAT’S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO AGAINST THE DEFENSE OF THE MINNESOTA WILD. NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE

DEFENSE, TALKING ABOUT ALL FIVE GUYS IN THE ZONE. THEY ARE VERY STRUCTURED UNTIL THAT SHOT GOES TO THE NET. AFTER THAT SHOT GOES TO THE NET, AND YOU CAN RECOVER, AGAIN SCRAMBLING. LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. THREE GUYS OVER THE ONE, BUT NOW, THEY SETTLE BACK OUT, THEY’VE GOT THEIR POSITION.

A SHOT ON GOAL, EVERYBODY STARTS TO LOOK FOR THE PUCK. THEY ARE ABLE TO CLEAR IT, BUT JUST COMES VERY CLOSE. THE GOAL PAST DEVIN DUBNYK. >> McDAVID AGAINST COYLE. RIGHT OFF THE FACE-OFF. POULIOT RACED IN AND GOT A SHOT. >> IN THE AREAS THAT THE EDMONTON OILERS HAVE REALLY

IMPROVED OVER THE LAST FIVE OR SIX GAMES IS FACE-OFFS. EVERYBODY’S INVOLVED. BENOIT POULIOT RIGHT OFF THE BAT. THAT’S A PLAN RIGHT OFF THE BAT. KNOW WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO GO GOING INTO THE DRIVE. IT’S A FOCUS THAT THE COACHING STAFF WORKS ON. IN FACT EVERYBODY HAS TO KNOW THEIR JOBS.

AND THAT’S A LITTLE BIT OF A DEBT PLAY RIGHT THERE FOR BENOIT POULIOT. >> NOT EASY TO DO AGAINST THE MINNESOTA WILD. A TEAM THAT HAS RANKED EIGHTH IN THE LEAGUE IN FACE-OFFS. McDAVID WILL LINE UP AGAINST KOIVU THIS TIME. AND FROM THE FACE-OFF, IT’S CONTROLLED. ANOTHER SHOT THIS TIME BY YAKUPOV.

AND THAT ONE GOES WIDE. BACK TO THE POINT, FIRINGS IT PAST DUBNYK PICKS THAT ASIDE. AS McDAVID WAS KNOCKED DOWN BY SUITOR. SEKERA, INTERCEPTS THAT PASS. HE’LL GO CROSS-ICE. FINDS LETESTU. WIRES IT ALONG THE BOARDS. 111 SHOTS FOR THE OILERS. 8 FOR THE WILD. BACKHANDED IN BY ZUCKER. NEIDERREITER. CHECKS DAVIDSON.

ZUCKER FROM THE CORNER. DAVIDSON OFF THE BOARDS GETS IT OUT TO CENTRE. SUITER WILL GIVE IT TO PROSSER. KEEPS THE PUCK IN, ERIC GRYBA WILL GET TO THE CORNERS AHEAD OF JASON ZUCKER. LETESTU WITH IT NOW. HE’LL PLAY IT OFF THE BOARDS. PROSSER ABLE TO KEEP IT IN AT THE BLUE LINE.

DAVIDSON TAKES A LOOK. GRYBA AROUND THE BOARDS. CHARLIE COYLE BATTLING ALONG WITH SCANDELLA. LETESTU. BACK TO THE POINT IT COMES. SHOT COMES FROM CHRIS PORTER. HANDLED BY CAM TALBOT. NOW THE PUCK FLIPPED IN THE AIR. COMES DOWN FOR SLEPYSHEV. GIVEN A BUMP. INTO THE CORNER. THE PUCK GOIZ BY HIM ALL IN SUPPORT.

SCORED! PAKARINEN MAKES IT A 2-2 GAME! PAKARINEN GETS HIS FIRST GOAL OF THE SEASON A 2-2 GAME. >> STEALING THE PUCK. CONTROLS IT. P NOW HE’S GOING TO CUT BACKSPACE AND CREATES FOR HIMSELF. AND READS THE PLAY REALLY WELL. THERE’S THE PLAY BY TAYLOR HALL. HE GETS IT, CONTROLS IT, CUTS BACK NOW.

LOOK AT ALL THE SPACE HE’S GAINED AND THEN PAKARINEN ROLLS INTO A SPOT WHERE HE KNOWS HE CAN BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PASS. DOESN’T STAND IN THE SLOT. HE COMES OVER TO THE PUCK AND THEN SNAPS IT IN. >> PAKARINEN FILLING IN FOR ROB KLINKHAMMER ON THAT NUGENT-HOPKINS LINE.

GETS HIS FIRST POINT OF THE SEASON. HE PLAYED 17 GAMES LAST YEAR AT A GOAL AND TWO ASSISTS. BACK IN THE CORNER BY BRO DIN. WHO FEEDS POMINVILLE TO THE MIDDLE IT GOES. FOR GRANLUND. MIKHAIL GRANLUND BEHIND THE NET FOR PARISE. HE IS CHECKED BY DARNELL NURSE. TIED UP THERE. PUCK STILL LOOSE.

IT COMES TO HALL. HALL CAN’T GET IT OUT. DUMBA LETS THE SHOT GO. AND TALBOT MAKES THE SAVE. NUGENT-HOPKINS GATHERS THE REBOUND, HE’LL GIVE IT TO PAKARINEN SENDS IT DOWN THE ICE. PARKARINEN PLAYED 6:10 IN THE GAME AGAINST LOS ANGELES ON THE FOURTH LINE. NOW HE FINDS HIMSELF IN THE TOP SIX.

SUITOR, HALL, PLACE IT BACK TO SPURGEON. RYAN SUTER, HALL, BACKHANDS IT IN. GIVING CHASE IS FONTAINE. FAYNE FOR SEKERA. NAILS IT BY HIM. CHECKED BY SPURGEON WHO WAS PINCHING. SPURGEON TRYING TO FEED IT OUT IN FRONT. BACK TO THE POINT. RYAN SUTER WAITING FOR IT THERE. HE’LL PLAY IT DEEP. FANNING.

WENT OFF THE NET. AND THE OILERS GET CONTROL. THIS IS YAKUPOV. AND OFFSIDE IS CONNOR McDAVID. GETTING THE GOAL, TAYLOR JRN JN THE SOCK COLLECTION HERE. HE NOW HAS HIS OWN TWITTER HANDLE. MORE THAN 1,000 FOLLOWS @NI NHL OSOCKS. HE’S BEEN DOING THIS SINCE THE SEASON BEGAN. NOT SURE HOW MANY HE HAS.

BUT EVERY GAME DAY HE HAS TO TAKE A PICTURE OF IT. AND HIS TEAMMATE THIS IT’S A LOT OF WORK. AND HE TOLD THEM HEY BUD, IT SOCKS TO BE YOU. >> SHARP ANGLE SHOT AND A REBOUND FOR KORPIKOSKI. DIDN’T MAKE IT THROUGH AND THE WILD COME BACK THE OTHER WAY. FONTAINE.

THE BLUE LINE. HE WILL SHOOT IT IN, METHOT. RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE. AND DOWN INTO WILD TERRITORY. 11 SHOTS FOR THE WILD. 12 FOR THE OILERS. WE’RE TIED AT TWO. PEKKA RINNE GETS HIS FIRST GOAL SINCE NOVEMBER 7th, 2014. ROB KLINKHAMMER WILL NOT RETURN TO THIS HOCKEY GAME.

SO THE OILERS ARE DOWN A MAN JUST LIKE THEY WERE AGAINST LOS ANGELES WHEN JUSTIN SCHULTZ LEFT THE GAME. MOVING TO HALL OUT THERE NOW. DARNELL NURSE AND OSCAR KLEFBOM ON THE BLUE LINE. SCANDELLA BEHIND THE NET. HE’LL SEND IT AROUND THE BOARDS, THE PUCK GETS BY NURSE, BUT THAT’S COMING BACK

ON THE ICING CALL. WELL, BY SHOPPING AT SAFEWAY MIKE ANEN OF EDMONTON WON THE HUSKVARNA HIGH WHEEL PUSH MOWER COURTESY OF SAFEWAY AND KRAFT DINNER ON THE GOAL BY PARKARINEN. >> JUST GOING TO COME OVER. AND HE’S GOING TO FIND THE SPACE. FIND THAT LITTLE AREA WHERE NOBODY’S COVERING AND YOU KNOW

THE PUCK CAN GET TO YOU. THE SHOT DOES GO OFF OF MATTHEW DUMBA AND DEFLECTS BY DEVIN DUBNYK. STILL, GOOD PLAY BY HALL AND A NICE READ BY PARKARINEN. >> AND THE OILERS HAVE COME BACK THEY TRAIL 2ED2-0 AT THE 9:30 MARK OF THE FIRST PERIOD AND NOW IT’S A TIE GAME WITH

DARNELL NURSE. THE PUCK GOES AFTER IT. HALL. UP TOP. TO SUITOR. CAN’T GET IT BY HALL. KOIVU TRIES AGAIN. THIS TIME NEIDERREITER. STICKS. IS IT THAT DRY HERE? KLEFBOM. FOR POULIOT. GRANLUND STEALING THAT PUCK AWAY. >> WORKS INSIDE. GETS THE PUCK BACK. THIS IS THE WORK YOU HAVE TO PUT IN.

AND GET OUT OF THE ZONE. >> DARNELL NURSE FINDS AN OPEN- ING. LIFTS IT FOR NUGENT-HOPKINS. HE WILL FLIP THAT PUCK IN AS THE OILERS MAKE A LINE CHANGE. 11:15 TO GO HERE IN THE SECOND PERIOD. FIRST OF THREE BETWEEN THESE TEAMS AND THEY WILL HOOK UP AGAIN UNTIL FEBRUARY 18th.

THAT GAME IS IN EDMONTON. WILL BE BACK HERE ON MARCH 10th TO WRAP UP THE SERIES. AND A REMINDER THAT SAFEWAY’S FEATURE PARTICIPATING PRODUCT FOR TONIGHT’S TELL CAST IS KRAFT DINNER. >> OILERS LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST VICTORY OF THE SEASON AGAINST THE CENTRAL DIVISION FOE. >> TALKING TO ERIC GRYBA.

TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU LOOK AT THE WESTERN CONFERENCE. THERE’S NO EASY NIGHTS. THERE’S NO NIGHTS WHERE YOU GO– IT’S FOR EITHER TEAM. CAN GO WELL, THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE WE SHOULD WIN. ESPECIALLY THE CENTRAL DIVISION. IT IS A TOUGH, TOUGH DIVISION. >> MINNESOTA WILD 5-2-1.

TAKING ON TWO DIVISIONAL FOES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF GAMES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. TO THE BACK OF ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO. DUMBA SLAP PAST TIPPED AWAY. TAKES A HARD HIT FROM GRANLUND. TO CONNOR McDAVID AND THE WILD KEEP IT IN. THIS TIME ON NET. A BLOSHG SAVE BY CAM TALBOT. POMINVILLE FOR GRANLUND.

GRANLUND THROWS IT TOWARDS NET. DUMPS IT BY CAM TALBOT. McDAVID WANTS TO GET THAT PUCK OUT. CAN’T DO IT AGAINST POMINVILLE. GRANLUND CHECKED BY SEKERA KEEPS THE PUCK AWAY. BUT THEN LOST IT TO GRANLUND. HE TRIED TO CENTRE IT. THERE, YAKUPOV WANTS TO GET THAT PUCK OUT AND DOES.

AND McDAVID ON HIS FOURS. BUT DUMBA HAD THE ANGLE. OILERS MAKING A CHANGE. BRINGS IT ACROSS THE LINE. SNAPS THE SHOT. MAKING THE SAVE. NO REBOUND. >>> WELCOME BACK. SCOTIA BANK WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOCKEY FEATURES AN ALL CANADA MATCH-UP AS SEWN MONAHAN AND THE CALGARY FLAMES VISIT ERIC KARLSSON AND THE OTTAWA SENATORS.

TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7 P.M. EASTERN 5 P.M. MOUNTAIN TIME. >> GENE, AN ALL-CANADIAN MATCH-UP COMING UP THURSDAY AT REXALL AS MONTREAL IS IN TOWN. THEN THE OILERS WILL WELCOME CALGARY FOR A GAME ON SATURDAY. RIGHT NOW 9:55 LEFT IN THE SECOND PERIOD IN A 2-2 GAME. VANEK. UM AND PORTER IN. SLEPYSHEV.

THE GROUP. OUT DOWN. AND RIGHT ON TO CAM TALBOT. LETESTU. LEFT SLIDE. CHANGED THE PUCK AROUND THE BOARDS. SLEPYSHEV GETS THERE FIRST. THOMAS VANEK FLIPS THAT ONE HIGH. AND IT WAS JUST OUT OF THE REACH OF JASON ZUCKER. KORPIKOSKI. HE’S TIED UP JUST OUTSIDE THE BLUE LINE. AND DREW, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE

MOMENTUM SWINGS AND THE OILERS TIE THE GAME UP. COMING FROM MINNESOTA. >> THE OILERS CAME UP GREAT. DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT. THEY WERE MOVING THE PUCK EFFICIENTLY. DIDN’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. >> TEDDY PURCELL WILL GET IT TO OSCAR KLEFBOM. FLIPS IT DOWN. AND IT’S COMING BACK ON THE ICE.

>> EITHER OF THESE TEAM, WELL, DOWN THE MIDDLE VERY, VERY YOUNG DOWN THE MIDDLE. GRANLUND, COYLE, KOIVU, HE’S THE ELDEST SKATESMEN AS IS MARK LETESTU ON THE OTHER SIDE. NUGENT-HOPKINS AND ANTON LANDER. YOUNG DOWN THE MIDDLE. THAT MEANS YOU WILL HAVE SOME GOOD PLAYERS FOR MANY YEARS. AND THAT’S WHERE YOU WANT TO

BUILD. FROM THE GOALTENDER OUT. ALL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS HAVE THAT. >> POMINVILLE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE WEAKNESSES FOR THE OILERS IN THE PAST YEARS AND NOW IT’S THEIR STRENGTH. BECAUSE YOU HAVE ANOTHER GUY IN BAKERSFIELD. >> THE SAME THING. >> NURSE. LANDER. HE WILL SEND IT DOWN THE ICE.

THAT WILL ALLOW A LINE CHANGE. TALKING TO NURSE THIS MORNING. HE WILL PLAY AGGRESSIVELY. HAS TO DODAL BACK AND WORRY ABOUT THE DEFENSIVE VERSION. >> LETING THE GAME COME TO HIM. JUST RELAXED. LET THE PLANE COME TO YOU. HAVE FUN. AND THEN JUST GO PLANE. >> IT WAS FUNNY.

WE WERE TALKING TO HIM AND HE SAID YOU KNOW, I’M GOING TO BE ABLE TO PLAY THAT WAY. HE SAID IF YOU HAD ASKED ME THAT QUESTION LAST YEAR, CAN YOU DIAL IT BACK? HE SAID NO, I PROBABLY WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO. BUT HE HAS LEARNED. >> TALKED TO ERIC GRYBA

SIGNIFICANT BESIDE HIM. AND HE SAID WHAT ADVICE ARE YOU GETTING? HE SAID JUST TAKE IT EASY BIG BOY. JUST TAKE IT EASY. AND THAT’S, ERIK PLAYS THAT TYPE OF GAME. VERY RELAXED GUY. BUT IT HELPS HIS GAME. YOU HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO CAN HELP YOU. FOUR OTHER GUYS ON THE ICE TO

HELP. >> SUITOR ON THE BOARDS. GETS IT BY ZUCKER RACE IS ON NOW. AND A GOOD DEFENSIVE PLAY TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM NEIDERREITER. GETS IT BACK TO THE POINT. HAS IT AGAIN. PLAYS IT BEHIND THE NET. KOIVU. AND THE CAPTAIN FOR MINNESOTA WILD. COMES OUT OF THE CORNER.

KOIVU BACK UP TOP IT GOES. WILL KEEP IT IN. ZUCKER. KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON. NEIDERREITER COMES ALL THE WAY TO THE FAR SIDE FOR SUITOR. THE REBOUNDS. KOIVU. NICE MOVE AROUND ZHUKER AND PLAYS IT BACK TO THE POINT. SUITER WILL GIVE IT TO SPURGEON. SPURGEON WRIST SHOT THROUGH TRAFFIC. AND THAT HIT NEIDERREITER.

>> BOUNCED RIGHT BACK OFF OF SPURGEON. >> ONCE AGAIN, THE WILD KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON. HERE’S ZUCKER TO KOIVU. KOIVU STILL HAS IT. HE’LL FEED IT ACROSS TO SUITOR. PLAYED IT OFF THE END BOARDS. AND HITS THE BACK OF THE NET. PLAYS IT AROUND THE BOARDS. THAT MAY GET IT OUT.

BUT NO, SUITOR RACES OVER TO KEEP IT IN. PRESSURE ON THE ICE NOW. AS THE WILD ABLE TO MAKE A CHANGE WITH POSSESSION. TAYLOR HALL WHO IS GASSED AND HAS GOT TO GET THAT PUCK OUT AND DOES. >> WHY WE TALKED ABOUT THE FOUR KEYS OF THE GAME FOR THE WILD.

IN ON YOUR BIKE. THE GAME IS VERY, VERY GOOD. >> SCANDELLA GETS YOU TO FONTAINE. CHECKING THE PUCK SCORE FREE. OPPORTUNITY FOR VANEK. COULDN’T GET THE SHOT AWAY. SCANDELLA MIGHT. WRIST SHOT. FANNED ON IT. GETS IT AGAIN. NOW HE’LL STEP INTO A SLAPSHOT. REBOUND IN FRONT, GOES JUST WIDE. VANEK. HAULA.

TAYLOR HALL THAT. TAYLOR HALL NEEDS TO GET OFF THE ICE. FONTAINE HAVING FUN. COULDN’T GET THE SHOT AWAY. HAULA. VANEK. THOMAS VANEK FEEDS IT IN FRONT. AWAY. NUGENT HOPKINS PREVENTED A GOOD SHOT. FINALLY THAT PUCK GOES DOWN THE ICE. HALL, NUGENT-HOPKINS ABLE TO GET TO THE BENCH. McDAVID.

BOUNCES IT OFF THE BOARDS FOR YAKUPOV. HE WILL GET IT DEEP. DUBNYK STOPS IT IN BEHIND THE NET. PLAYS IT TO NATE PROSSER. PROSSER RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE IT GOES. AND THAT’S BROUGHT IN OFFSIDE. >> Gene: WELCOME BACK. CHECK OUT ROGERS GAME CENTRE LIVE TO HELP THEIR CUSTOMERS

FOLLOW A TEAM FROM ANY SCREEN ANYWHERE. SPEND $120 OR MR ON MERCHANDISE FROM ANY SPORTCHEK LOCATION AND RECEIVE A FREE TRIAL OF ROGERS NHL GAMECENTRE LIVE. VISIT ROGERS.COM/NHL/SPORTCHEK FOR DETAILS. >> CONDITIONING EARLY, DREW. NUGENT-HOPKINS LAST SHIFT, 2:21. NOT BY DESIGN. >> IT’S WHY YOU GO TO THE GYM IN THE OFF-SEASON.

>> THAT’S WHY GENE DOES. >> HE NEEDS IT. HAVE YOU SEEN THAT MAN EAT? OH WOW. >> SHOTS ARE 15-12 IN FAVOUR OF THE WILD. JUST OVER FIVE MINUTES LEFT TO GO IN THE SECOND PERIOD. >> THAT’S A LONG SHIFT. WHEN STOPPING AND STARTING AND SHORT LITTLE STRIDES.

NEVER ABLE TO STRETCH IT ALL OUT. BATTLING AGAINST ANOTHER MAN. THAT IS A TOUGH, TOUGH SHIFT. >> HAVING A GOOD NIGHT IN THE FACE-OFF CIRCLE. WINS ANOTHER DRAW. THIS TIME AGAINST McDAVID. YAKUPOV CAN’T GET IT BY VUTER. McDAVID TO POULIOT. McDAVID ACROSS THE LINE. MKD DAVID DRIVING THE NET. HERE’S POULIOT FOLLOWING UP!

BENOIT POULIOT LAYS IT BACK TO THE POINT. DAVIDSON WASN’T SURE WHERE THE PUCK WAS. BUT GOOD JOB BY DAVIDSON GETTING KNOCKED DOWN. >> CONNOR McDAVID HAS BEEN VERY, VERY GOOD TONIGHT. HE MAKES PLAYS ALL THE TIME. DON’T THINK HE’S GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE. RIGHT THERE. THROWS ET TO THE MIDDLE.

FOLLOWS IT UP. STALE NEAR CHANCE. NOT AFRAID TO MAKE THOSE PLAYS. >> FACE-OFF WINS. NURSE SENDS THE PUCK IN DEEP. DEVIN DUBNYK WILL PLAY IT HIMSELF. AROUND THE BOARDS IT GOES. CHRIS PORTER WAITING FOR IT. COYLE CHECKED BY KORPIKOSKI. PORTER NOT TAKING HIS CHANCES THERE. . . IN THE MIDDLE LINE WITH

DARNELL NURSE. >> WELL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WAY DARNELL NURSE HAS PLAYED. FIRST PERIOD SCRAMBLING FOR EVERYBODY. AND AS DARNELL SETTLED DOWN NICELY IN THE SECOND PERIOD. A BIG MAN. NOT AFRAID TO GET INSIDE IN THE FACE OF THE OTHER PLAYERS. NOW LOOKING TO MOVE. IN. ZUCKER. NEIDERREITER 24 LAST YEAR.

HE WAS A BIG REASON THEY WENT TO THE PLAY-OFFS LAST YEAR. HAS THE PUCK RIGHT OUT IN FRONT. GETS BY ZUCKER WIDE. AND HE SLAMS INTO CAM TALBOT. KOIVU HONES IT TOWARDS THE NET. NEIDERREITER PROVIDING THAT STRING. TEDDY PURCELL OVER HIS SKATE. NEIDERREITER GETS IT TO KOIVU. SHOT, REBOUND, GOOD SAVE BY

CAM TALBOT. HE STEPS TO THE GAME AS HE ABSOLUTELY ROBBED JASON ZUCKER. >> FURTHER EVIDENCE A BRILLIANT PICK-UP BY PETER SCHIARELLI. AND YOU HAVE TO GET PUCKS OUT WHEN THEY COME UP TO YOU ON THE BOARDS. HE PUTS HIS PRESSURE ON YOUR GOALTENDER. WHAT A SHOT. SHOT FOR REBOUND. THAT’S ALL THAT IS.

THAT’S A SHOT FOR A REBOUND. USE THE GOALTENDER PAST THE PUCK. TO THE MAN IN FRONT OF THE NET. WHAT A SUPER SAVE SECOND EFFORT BY CAM TALBOT. THE WILD HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING THE OILERS END UP IN THEIR OWN ZONE IN THIS PERIOD. THE OILERS HAVE THE ONLY GOAL.

FROM THE CORNERS. BEHIND THE NET. GRANLUND WORKS IT BACK TO SPURGEON. SPURGEON HOPPED OVER KORPIKOSKI. GOT IT TO GRANLUND. GRANLUND WITH A SHOT. PARISE WAS LOOKING FOR THE TIP. TEDDY PURCELL FROM THE FAR SIDE. UNDER PRESSURE. GETS A LITTLE HELP FROM LAND OR GETS IT TO GRYBA. NOW TO SEKERA. USES THE BOARDS.

OILERS GET A CHANGE IN. UNDER THREE MINUTES LEFT TO GO. IN A 2-2 GAME. HALL TRYING TO GET AROUND DARNELL NURSE. NURSE TAKES IT INTO THE BOARDS. FONTAINE CARRYING IT ON NUGENT HOPKINS WATCHING HIM. SPURGEON ON THE STICK. PEKKA RINNE CAN’T GET IT OUT. GOT THAT ONE, GOES WIDE.

SCANDELLA ON THE NEAR SIDE GETS IT TO HAULA BEHIND THE NET. HAULA WILL GET IT TO VANEK. SHARP ANGLE SHOT. HAULA FROM THE CORNER. LETS THE SHOT GO. AND GLOVE SAVE. >>> IT IS EARLY. THE WILD HAVE BEEN THE BETTER SECOND PERIOD TEAM AGAINST THEIR OPPONENT. CAN’T GET IT BY McDAVID.

NOW ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. AND THE NET COMES OFF THE MOORING THEN COVERS DEVIN DUBNYK. THAT ONE JUST SPILLED STRAIGHT OVER HIM. HARD FOR HIM TO MAKE HIMSELF FALL. HE’S NOT A SMALL GUY. >> BIG GUY. DEVIN DUBNYK. GOES OUT. HE’S TRYING. GOING TO THE NET. PUCK BEHIND THE NET.

NAIL YAKUPOV JUST RUNS INTO IT AND CRUSHES. DEVIN DUBNYK. NOT SURE. TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THE NET. >> TRYING TO KEEP THE CROSSBAR FROM HITTING THE BACK OF THE HEAD OF DEVIN DUBNYK. THE KNEE INJURY. FAYNE SENDS IT IN. GETTING THE PUCK BY NEIDERREITER. HIS PASS FOR SCANDELLA.

ENDS UP ON THE STICK OF KOIVU. DUMPS THE PUCK IN. GETTING NEIDERREITER FROM THE CORNER. BACK TO THE POINT. SCANDELLA. NEIDERREITER TO KOIVU. KOIVU CHECKS POULIOT. KOIVU AT THE LINE. POULIOT FORCED HIM OUT. BENOIT POULIOT OF COURSE A FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK OF THE MINNESOTA WILD. THE SAVE, REBOUND FOR McDAVID OUT IN FRONT.

JUST OUT OF THE REACH OF POULIOT COMES TO GRYBA, NOW TO SEKERA. LETS THE SHOT GO. PAD SAVE. McDAVID WITH A CHANCE. RIGHT OUT IN FRONT. BACK TO THE BLUE LINE. TO GET IT OUT. AND DOES DOWN THE ICE. LESS THAN A MINUTE TO GO. HERE IN THE SECOND PERIOD.

HALL WORKED HIS WAY DOWN THE LEFT SIDE. REBOUND. PICKED UP BY NUGENT-HOPKINS. NUGENT-HOPKINS CHECKED BY GRANLUND. OILERS REGROUP WITH 30 SECONDS TO GO IN THE PERIOD. SLEPYSHEV WORKS IT IN AGAINST ZUCKER. ANTON SLEPYSHEV. RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS. TO HALL. HALL RIGHT OUT IN FRONT. AND IT’S TIPPED AWAY BY RYAN SUTER. THAT’S LONG.

TOWARDS THE NET, THAT ONE GOES WIDE. JASON POMINVILLE SLOWLY TO CENTRE. HE WILL SEND THAT PUCK DEEP AROUND THE BOARDS AS TIME WINDS DOWN IN THE PERIOD. A PERIOD THAT SEES THE OILERS PLAYING A LITTLE ROPE A DOPE. AS THE MINNESOTA WILD HAVE ALL KINDS OF PRESSURE DAVID AMBER.

BUT GETTING HIS FIRST GOAL OF THE S >>> WELCOME BACK. AFTER TRAILING EARLY IN THE FIRST. AFTER A SCORE OF 2-0. SO CREDIT TO TODD McKLEL SKPPBD HIS CREW. LET’S LOOK BACK AT TODD McCLELLAND. 2003 WAS THE YEAR IT WAS THE CALDER CUP FINALIST GAME SEVEN. LOTS TO CELEBRATE.

THEY WOULD RECORD A 3-0 WIN AND THEY WERE CROWNED AHL CHAMPIONS. AND YOU WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP. YOU HAVE TO GET A GATORADE SHOWER. AND THAT WAS THE CASE FOR TODD McKLEL WHOND MAY NO LONG BR A COACH WITH THE AEROES. BUT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT HIM IS McCLELLAND IS DEFINITELY A STRAIGHT SHOOTER.

>> WHEN HE GOT THE GATORADE DUMPED ON HIM. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE STORIED SUMMARY BROUGHT TO YOU BY WORLEY PARSONS CORD. ENJOYING GREAT BENEFITS. IN A SAFE WORK ENVIRONMENT. >>> EVERY TIME WE DO THIS. FIRST PERIOD NEVER CHANGES. OR RARELY CHANGES. SUITOR GETS DOWN IN THE SECOND PERIOD. PAKARINEN.

AND TAYLOR HALL. TWO POINTS TONIGHT. A GOAL. >> RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS AND TAYLOR HALL AND THE ABSENCE OF ROB KLINKHAMMER. PARISE OUT IN FRONT. HALL. PAKARINEN WRITTEN OFF BY SUITER. BACK FOR RYAN NUGENT-F HOPKINS. DARNELL NURSE. CUPLE OF HITS IN THAT GAME. SO FAR, AND YOUR EVALUATION, COACH? >> I THINK IT’S PRETTY MUCH

THE SAME AS JOHN SHANNON’S. DARNELL HAS GOTTEN BETTER AND BETTER. AND HE IS, OR HAS. TALKED TO YOU ABOUT DIALED IT BACK. >> WAIT, WAIT, NOW FIRES HIS SHOT. THE SAVE, REBOUND AGAIN. AND SLIDING THROUGH THERE WAS MIKO KOIVU. AROUND THE BOARDS. BRO DIN TRYING TO KEEP IT IN, CAN’T DO IT.

BENOIT POULIOT MOVING IN IF YAKUPOV. HIS SHOT GOES OFF OF ZUCKER. ZUCKER. NEIDERREITER WORKS HIS WAY OUT. ACROSS THE LINE. HANGS ONTO IT. GOES TOWARDS THE NET. CLEAR AID WAY BY DAVIDSON. CONNOR McDAVID. WILL GIVE IT TO ERIC GRYBA. GRYBA SHOOTS IT IN. HE’LL COME AROUND ON THE NEAR SIDE.

TEDDY PURCELL AND LANDER. KICKED OFF NR BY LANDER. HIS SHOT BLOCKED. GETS IT BACK AGAIN. FAYNE’S SHOT GETS DEFLECTED WIDE. SEKERA A WRIST SHOT THROUGH TRAFFIC. PURCELL LOOKING FOR THE REBOUND. IT’S COVERED UP BY DEVIN DUBNYK. >> I WORKED FOR A GUY NAMED KEVIN KONS TAN TEEN. THE SHARKS WERE IN THEIR INFANCY.

TALKING ABOUT GRAY AREA TURNOVERS. ALL THE TIME. GRAY AREAS THE OFFENSIVE ZONE BLUE LINE. YOU TURN IT OVER THERE. YAKUPOV GOOD RUSH ON THE TRANSITION BY THE MINNESOTA WILD. SEKERA THE PUCK TO THE NET. ANTON LANDER WILL CRUISE THROUGH THERE. PUT THE BRAKES ON TOP. MAKE SURE. JUST PUTTING YOUR SEAT DOWN.

STOP IN FRONT. THE THERE’S THE PROBLEM FOR THE OPPOSITION GOAL. >> PE PAKARINEN FIRES IT IN. CAN’T STOP IT. AND OUTLETS FOR SCANDELLA. THE MINNESOTA WILD. BRO DIN. WAITS. PICKS IT UP. PASS INTENDED FOR POULIOT. KLEFBOM HAS IT AGAIN. AND BACK THE OTHER WAY. POMINVILLE CHECKED BY YAKUPOV.

RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE OILER BENCH. BACK OVER TO KLEFBOM AND OVER TO NURSE. THAT PUCK IS IN OFF THE BAR. AND IT’S 3-2. NOM SHURT. OFFSIDE. DEVIN DUBNYK SO FAST, THIS IS A SHOT. GREAT JOB IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE. WITH THE PUCK POSSESSION AND THE REGROUP. AND THEN DARNELL.

WHAT DOES HE DO? HE TAKES WHAT THE OPPOSITION GIVES HIM. THE GREAT CHEER FROM DARNELL NURSE. HE WALKED IN AND ABSOLUTELY A ROCKET PAST DEVIN DUBNYK. BIG WIND-UP BUT TAKES OFF BACK POST DOWN, IN. FIRST GOAL IS A BEAUTY. WOW. >> DARNELL NURSE. >> THAT’S COOL. THAT’S COOL.

>> FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON. THIRD GAME IN HIS NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE CAREER. >> THE OILERS BEING OUTSHOT 21-6. THE 16th SHOT OFF THE STICK OF DARNELL NURSE. TALKED ABOUT DIALING IT BACK. ASK THEN WHEN HE DIALS IT UP, HE GIVES THE TEAM THE LEAD. 3:38 THE TIME OF THE GOAL.

KLEFBOM AND POULIOT GET THE HELPERS. BENOIT POULIOT ON A FOUR-GAME POINT STREAK. THE PUCK HAS BEEN GATHERED UP. THE DATE HAS A FIRST GOAL ON IT. >> BIG STRONG GAME. A LITTLE BIT MORE CONFIDENCE. THAT WAS A GOOD SHOT. >> POULIOT. DIDN’T HAVE A GOAL IN SIX GAMES IN BAKERSFIELD.

HAS ONE HERE IN THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE. YAKUPOV LIFTS IT OUT TO CENTRE. NOW THE OILERS PLAYING WITH THE LEAD. TRYING TO SNAP A TWO-GAME LOSING STREAK AND HAND MINNESOTA THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT LOSS. McDAVID CUTTING FOR THE NET. HIS BACKHAND MISSES THE TARGET. ON THE FAR SIDE, GETS IT BY NURSE.

KLEFBOM OVER TO CUT IT OFF. KLEFBOM PASS FROM McDAVID. PUSHES IT DEEPER. WIND, FIRES IT UP, MAKES THE SAVE. AND AGAIN, ANOTHER BROKEN STICK. IT’S BEEN HAPPENING FOR BOTH TEAMS. NURSE WITH IT AGAIN. WRAPS IT AROUND THE BOARDS. THEY WILL FLIP IT DOWN THE ICE. SIX MINUTES GONE HERE IN THE THIRD PERIOD.

FIRST OF THREE BETWEEN THE MINNESOTA WILD AND THE EDMONTON OILERS. HALL LET IT GO. PAKARINEN CARRIES ON. PASS TO RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS. HIS SHOT IS DEFLECTED AND ENDS UP GOING INTO THE NETTING. DARNELL NURSE 3:38 OF THE THE FIRST GOAL OF HIS NHL CAREER. FOR DARNELL NURSE. THERE WE GO. STARTING THE RINK HERE.

GETTING IT DOWN. DEVIN DUBNYK HAS NEVER GIVEN UP THREE GOALS IN IN HIS CAREER AGAINST THE EDMONTON OILERS. GAME FIVE OF ONE. BRO DIN. AS FOR YAKUPOV. SALES. A WRIST SHOT RIGHT THROUGH TRAFFIC. HAMMERING THIS SHOT. KEEPING IT IN. McDAVID BEHIND THE NET. WATCHING BY IN. THERE TO HELP.

PUCK COMES FREE TO THE CORNERS. FOR POMINVILLE. HERE’S PARISE. TRYING TO DANCE AROUND FAYNE. CENTERING IT IN FRONT. THAT ONE GOES WIDE. PARISE. UP TOP TO SPURGEON. OVER TO SUITOR. SUITOR THAT’S DEFLECTED. GRIP SAVE BY CAM TALBOT. COVERING UP. POMINVILLE LOOKING FOR THE REBOUND. >>> THEY SETTLE DOWN AND PUSH

EVERYTHING TO THE OUTSIDE. ACTUALLY DOING A VERY GOOD JOB HERE. JUST KEEPING TO THE WILD. IN FRONT OF THE NET. TWO OILERS THERE BOXING OUT. HE’LL GIVE IT TO HALL. GETTING THERE FIRST. SUITOR BACK BY NUGENT HOPKINS. TOPD OUT BY ZUCKERER. DOWN THE ICE. GOT NEIDERREITER ON IT. PLAYS IT AROUND THE BOARDS.

PAKARINEN PICKS IT UP. TAKES THE HIT FROM MIKO KOIVU. KOIVU TO ZUCKER. ZUCKER TRYING TO GET AROUND. SHARP ANGLE SHOT THERE IS CAM TALBOT. BATTLING WITH DARNELL NURSE. ZUCKER BEHIND THE NET. NEIDERREITER HANGS ONTO IT. DOWN LOW. GETS IT TO NEIDERREITER. THE LONE MAN BACK TO THE TOP OF THE BLUE LINE.

NURSE PUSHES OFF. SPURGEON NEIDERREITER GIVES IT TO SUITOR. CROSS-ICE. LETS IT GO. DEFLECTS IT IN. TIES THE GAME. [ HORN SOUNDS ] SUITOR HAPPY THE ONE GOAL. KEEPS GOING TO THE NET THEN JUST PUNCHES IT IN. GOT TO HAVE YOUR HEAD TURNED. GETTING PROBLEM. RIGHT THERE THIS FRONT,

DARNELL NURSE IS GOING FOR THE ONE MAN IN FRONT. RYAN SUTER JUST STAYS WITH IT. AND JUST CONTROLS HIS TEAM. AND GETS IT INTO THE EARNTY NET. HE MAKES EIGHT 3-3 GAME. WITH HIS FIRST TWO GOALS OF THE YEAR. KEEPS IT IN. GOING FOR FONTAINE. TRIES TO MAKE A PLAY THERE BY DAVIDSON.

HAS IT AGAIN. COYLE. AND THE WILD BACK THE LEAD. >> TOO EASY. GOT COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE PUCK. THE PROGRAM FOR A SECOND THERE. WE’RE BACK AND THE PUCK COMES AROUND. IN THE ONE ON ONE SITUATION. YOU HAVE TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIGN-UP. BACK TO THE NET.

AND CHARLIE COYLE PUTS IT IN. YOU HAVE TO TAKE AWAY THAT PASS. IF YOU ARE BRANDON DAVIDSON. GETS THE FIRST PART OF THE CREASE TO THE GOALIE. BRANDON DAVIDSON HAS TO TAKE AWAY THE PASS TO THE FRONT. ANTOINE LANDER HAS TO HAVE ADVANCE. CONNELING BACK TO THE NET.

>> TWO GOALS IN 43 SECONDS PUT THE WILD AHEAD BY ONE. CHARLIE COYLE CAME INTO THE GAME WITHOUT A POINT IN HIS LAST SIX GAMES. HAS HIS THIRD GOAL OF THE YEAR. VANEK GETTING THE ASSIST AT 9:26. THEY’VE REACHED HALFWAY POINT OF THE THIRD PERIOD. BACK TO THE POINT FOR SPURGEON.

STEPS INTO IT DEFLECTED. RIGHT OFF INTO THE CORNER. WITH IT NOW. ALIVE HERE AT THE XCEL ENERGY CENTER IN ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA. CARTER. GIVES IT TO GRANLUND. COMES OUT OF THE CORNER WITH THE PUCK. BACK TO SPURGEON. LETS THE SHOT GO AND THAT ONE GOES WIDE. PARISE IN.

THROUGH THE PAINT AND HIT THE POST. BOUNCING PUCK IS FINALLY COVERED UP BY CAM TALBOT. ZACH PARISE CAME CLOSE TO GETTING HIS EIGHTH GOAL OF THE SEASON. >>> TIME NOW FOR CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS WITH OLD DUTCH. >> DEVIN DUBNYK PURCHASES THE EDMONTON OILERS. GOT A SAVE PERCENTAGE. PLUS SHUTTOUTS. FIRST TIME IN THREE.

26 FROM THE MINNESOTA WILD. >> CRACK STAMP HERE AT THE XCEL ENERGY CENTER. TODD McCLELLAND MUST NOT BE VERY HAPPY WITH HIS TEAM DEFENSIVE PLAY IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES. DARNELL NURSE SCORED. TWO GOALS. MOSTLY BECAUSE OF DEFENSIVE ZONE COVERAGE AND DEFENSIVE 101. >> TWO GOALS IN JUST 43 SECONDS THE DIFFERENCE RIGHT

NOW. AGAINST RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS WHO WON THE DRAW. AND WILL GET IT. BACK DOWN THE ICE. NUGENT-HOPKINS. HALL AND PAKARINEN. UP THE MIDDLE FOR GRANLUND. NUGENT-HOPKINS COMING BACK. BROKE THAT PLAY UP. KLEFBOM GETS STARTED. BY POMINVILLE. THROWS IT TOWARDS NET. PUCK BY DUBNYK. HE’LL HANG ON. >> TALKING ABOUT DEVIN DUBNYK,

ONCE HE IS DONE, SOME OF THE WORK HE’S DONE, HE’S WORKED ON TRACKING. AND WHAT HE WORKS ON IS GETTING HIS EYES AND HIS MIND AHEAD OF HIS BODY. AS A GOALIE, YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT JUST THE FALL OF THE PUCK. BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU FOLLOW

THE PUCK AND THE PUCK IS GOING BY YOU BECAUSE THEY SHOOT SO FAST AND SO QUICK NOW. SO RIGHT NOW, IT’S ALMOST TRYING TO MAKE THE SAVE. GIVE YOUR BODY A CHANCE TO MAKE THE SAVE. EVEN THOUGH IT’S NOT IN POSITION. >> GRYBA THROWS IT OFF THE END BOARDS. BRO DIN, NEIDERREITER.

CHECKED BY KORPIKOSKI. BRO DIN AGAIN. ANTON LANDER BATTLING IN THE CORNER. WITH MARCO SCANDELLA. SCANDELLA WORKS IT OUT FOR ZUCKER. KORPIKOSKI. HE’LL BRING IT RIGHT BACK IN. THE PASS TO TEDDY PURCELL. WRIST SHOT STICK SAVE BY DEVIN DUBNYK. ZUCKER DOWN THE LEFT SIDE. THROWS THE PUCK IN. DAVIDSON GETTING AHEAD OF THERE.

POULIOT TO PURCELL. PURCELL TRYING TO FLIP IT IN FROM CENTRE. CAN’T DO IT. ZUCKER. THE MIDDLE FOR RYAN CARTER. AND HE WILL FLIP THE PUCK IN. LAST MINUTE OF THE QUARTER AGAINST THE PACIFIC DIVISION. POULIOT BACK THE OTHER WAY. AND HAULA. GLOVE SAVE BY CAM TALBOT. >> A HIGH TURNOVER.

BEHIND BENOIT POULIOT AND GOES THE OTHER WAY. THIS IS A TEAM THAT’S VERY GOOD ON TRANSITIONS. THE OILERS, TOLD THE EDMONTON OILERS THAT KEEP MAKING PLAYS ON THE OFFENSIVE BLUE LINE. GOOD SYSTEM, TENACIOUS AFTER THE PUCK. QUICK FEED, AND THEY WILL JUMP UP IN THE PLAY. BACK TO SUITOR.

AND GAVE HIS TEAM THE TYING GOAL FOR CHARLIE COYLE. PUT HIS TEAM AHEAD AT 9:26. HALL BOUNCES IT IN. HE’LL PEEL OFF ON A LINE CHANGE. SCANDELLA BEHIND THE NET. CONNOR McDAVID, NAIL YAKUPOV. BENOIT POULIOT ON THE ICE NOW. THE BENCH SHORTENED FOR THE EDMONTON OILERS. NURSE. BEING WATCHED BY COYLE.

OFF THE STICK OF McDAVID. SHOT RIGHT BACK IN BY SCANDELLA. DARNELL NURSE TO BE PUT THERE. THOMAS VANEK WAS RIGHT ON IT. POULIOT TO YAKUPOV MOVING IN WITH McDAVID. VANEK FINDS THE OPEN WING AND SENDS IT OUT. JUST OVER SIX MINUTES LEFT TO GO HERE IN REGULATION TIME. AS KORPIKOSKI, SLEPYSHEV TOO

FAR FOR HIM. GRANLUND GOT IT. BEHIND THE BACK TO SUITOR. WRIST SHOT THROUGH TRAFFIC. CAM TALBOT GOT A PIECE OF THAT. KNOCKED DOWN BY GRANLUND. CHECKED BY GRYBA. SUITOR INCHES DOWN. SLEPYSHEV. KORPIKOSKI MAKES THE SAVE. IT’S ROGERS OILERS HOCKEY. AND IT’S RIGHT HERE ON SPORTSNET. >> Gene: WELCOME BACK.

YOU CAN BE OUR NEXT LUCKY WINNER. TRIP FOR TWO. TO A GREAT RESORT OR SPA. WHERE CANADA SHOPS. GREAT TRAVEL DEALS. 1 AND 1 IN ONE-GOAL GAMES. THAT’S WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES RIGHT NOW WITH 5:25 LEFT TO GO IN REGULATION TIME. KOIVU. NEIDERREITER. HALL. ON THE BACK CHECK. RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS OFF THE BOARDS.

BACK THE OTHER WAY IT COMES. THROUGH THE THIRD PERIOD HAVE BEEN PROBLEMATIC. >> GAME MANAGEMENT. TODD McCLELLAND TALKED TO THESE GUYS FOCUSING ON. MANAGING THE GAME. A LOT GOES INTO THAT. AND I KNOW, BUT IT’S WHERE YOU’RE PUTTING THE PUCK. HOW YOU’RE USING THE PUCK. ARE YOU ON THE RIGHT SIDE DEFENSIVELY.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WINNING GAMES AND LOSING GAMES. IT’S ALL ABOUT TEAM MANAGEMENT AND HIS THIRD PERIOD AFTER THEY SCORE. THEY HAVEN’T BEEN VERY GOOD AT MANAGING THE GAME. >> THE OILERS HAVE BEEN OUTSCORED 13-6 IN THIRD PERIOD SO FAR THIS SEASON. BUT THEY ONLY NEED ONE. HERE IN MINNESOTA. POMINVILLE AGAINST CONNOR McDAVID.

4:31 LEFT TO GO IN REGULATION TIME. McDAVID WINS THE DRAW. KLEFBOM TO YAKUPOV. SKIPPED AHEAD FOR POULIOT. POULIOT McDAVID, BACKHAND, FOREHAND, OH WHAT A SAVE BY DUBNYK! HE COVERS IT UP! POULIOT TRIED TO PUT IT HOME! THE PUCK IS STILL ALIVE, THEY JAM AWAY! AND FINALLY THE WHISTLE GOES!

YOU CAN’T GET MUCH CLOSER THAN CONNOR McDAVID RIGHT THERE. WE SAW HIM DO IT AGAINST THE DETROIT RED WINGS. HE ALMOST DID IT HERE AGAINST MINNESOTA. >> DEVIN DUBNYK. THIS IS A NICE PLAY BY EVERYBODY AT THE LINE. LITTLE SKIP PLAY. TRYING TO GO BACK. DEVIN DUBNYK, ALL COMES ABOUT 6’12” AS WELL.

CONNOR McDAVID, FOLLOWING THE PUCK. READING NOW JUMPING INTO PLAY. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS SAVE, DOESN’T EVEN FIGHT ON THE FIRST MOVE. SOLID , SOLID, NO BITE ON THE FIRST MOVE. DROPS THAT PAD DOWN. NOW CONNOR TRIES TO GO ONE STEP FURTHER AND TRIES TO GET THE PAST THE BLADE.

BUT DUBNYK DOES NOT MOVE ON THAT FIRST MOVE. REALLY GOOD PATIENCE BY DEVIN DUBNYK. OH MY GOODNESS ME AND THE KID STILL ALMOST PUT IT IN. ON THAT REPLAY, YOU SEE HIM STILL GET AROUND HIS FEET AND ALMOST MAKE IT HOME. >> HE WILL STAY OUT THERE WITH YAKUPOV AND POULIOT.

4:15 LEFT TO GO. GRANLUND WINS THE DRAW. COMING UP WITH KLEFBOM, HE TOOK A HIT FROM PARISE. AND GOT IT TO GRANLUND. NOW TO SCANDELLA. EVERY TIME HE’S ON THE ICE, CONNOR McDAVID IS DANGEROUS. >> MUST BE A SPECIFIC GENERAL MANAGER WHO IS HERE FOR THE TEAM. THE FIRST PERIOD, HE WAS

AMAZED AT HOW GOOD CONNOR McDAVID WAS. >> CROSS-ICE PASS FOR YAKUPOV. GOT CAUGHT UP IN HIS SKATE. COMES UP WITH HALL MOVING TOWARDS FRONT OF THE NET. DROP PASS FOR McDAVID. McDAVID GOES BACK UP TOP. A WRIST SHOT, DEFLECTED JUST WIDE BY TAYLOR HALL. STEPPING INTO HIS SHOT, AND YEAH, ANOTHER BROKEN STICK.

WOW. 28-20 THE SHOTS ON GOAL FAFSHER THE WILD. BACKHANDED IN BY NUGENT-HOPKINS. SEND BS IT AROUND THE BOARDS. GETS BY VANIC AND BY GRYBA. SAFE FROM THERE, CHARLIE COYLE BRINGS IT BACK IN WITH FONTAINE. COYLE, UPSTAIRS. OFF THE POST. HALL ON THE FAR SIDE. TO THE MIDDLE IT GOES.

THEN IT WAS ALL OVER NUGENT-HOPKINS. SUITOR WITH IT NOW. WE’RE UNDER THREE MINUTES LEFT TO GO IN REGULATION TIME. KEPT IN BY FONTAINE. RIGHT ON TO CAM TALBOT. THE MINNESOTA WILD AND THE EDMONTON OILERS BOTH WANT TO MAKE CHANGES. ANTOINE LANDER’S LINE ON THE ICE NOW. ERIC GRYBA PLAYS IT OFF THE

BOARD FOR KORPIKOSKI. KORPIKOSKI GETS THE PUCK IN. SHOOTS IT OUT. DAVIDSON. SEKERA. AT CENTRE. GETS THE PUCK IN. DEVIN DUBNYK GOING TO PLAY IT HIMSELF. PLAYS IT OFF THE GLASS. KICKED BY LANDER. AND THAT ALLOWS PORTER TO GET IT OUT TO CENTRE. KLEFBOM. DEVIN DUBNYK THOUGHT THAT PUCK WOULD PROBABLY GO TO THE

OPPOSITE CORNER, AND IT CAME RIGHT ON HIM AND HIT HIM. >> DARNELL NURSE IN FRONT. QUICK SHOT TO THE NET. WHY? BECAUSE HE DOESN’T WANT TO GET THE SHOT. TWO GUYS IN FRONT. A NICE JOB SHOOTING FOR STICKS HERE. NOT SHOOTING TO SCORE. SHOOTING FOR DEFLECTION. ALMOST GOES IN.

CHARLIE COYLE WHO HAS BEEN A FORCE TONIGHT. THE BIG GUY THAT CAN ROLL. WHEN HE GETS POSITION, JUST OFF THE POST. UP AND OVER PLAY. >> ALMOST TOOK THAT FACE-OFF RIGHT TO THE NET. UP AGAINST THE VETERAN AND MIKO KOIVU WHO CAME INTO THIS GAME WITH 56 347B9 4% ON THE FACE-OFF CIRCLE.

56.4%. >> PREVIOUS DROP-OFF OPPORTUNITY. >> FROM THE FACE-OFF. KEPT IN BY KLEFBOM. JUST OVER TWO MINUTES LEFT TO GO. DUBNYK STEERS THAT INTO THE CORNER. POULIOT PLAYS IT BY THE NET FOR McDAVID. McDAVID BEING WATCHED. BY KOIVU. TAKES THE LOOK. GREAT PLAY BY KLEFBOM. ON A SCORING CHANCE.

NOW 1:45 LEFT TO GO IN THE PERIOD. THE WILD CONTEND TO KEEP THAT PUCK IN AGAINST THE BOARDS AND LET TIME DRAIN OFF THE CLOCK. THE OILERS NEED POSSESSION TO GET IT. CAM TALBOT TAKING A LOOK AT THE BENCH. CAN’T GET THERE YET. SCANDELLA WILL BRING IT BACK IN FOR MINNESOTA.

TALBOT WILL LEAVE IT THERE FOR KLEFBOM. HALL. DISHES TO NUGENT-HOPKINS. TALBOT’S ON THE BENCH. SIX ATTACKERS ON THE ICE FOR THE OILERS. 1:10 REMAINING IN THE THIRD PERIOD. NURSE ON THE ICE WILL GET IT TO HALL. PAKARINEN OUT IN FRONT. HALL GETS IT THERE. HERE’S AN OPPORTUNITY. DENIED. NURSE WITH THE PUCK NOW.

DARNELL NURSE CUTTING FOR THE NET. NURSE CIRCLED. GIVES IT TO McDAVID. BACK TO HALL. SHOT DEFLECTED OVERTOP OF THE KEY. 50 SECONDS LEFT TO GO. McDAVID BACK TO THE POINT. THROWN TOWARDS THE NET. DEVIN DUBNYK WILL HANG ONTO IT. >> DARNELL NURSE. CONNOR McDAVID. PAKARINEN, RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS AND TAYLOR HALL.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FUTURE IS HERE. >> AND THE EDMONTON OILERS WILL TAKE A TIMEOUT. PLAY OF THE GAME. BROUGHT TO YOU BY ROGERS NHL GAME CENTRE LIVE. FOLLOW YOUR TEAM FROM ANY SCREEN FROM ANYWHERE. SPEAKING ABOUT THE FUTURE BEING HERE? HERE HE IS. DARNELL NURSE’S FIRST GOAL IN THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE.

DRILLS IT PAST DEVIN DUBNYK BOOM, RISES UP, BEATS DEVIN DUBNYK AND IT’S A TERRIFIC CELEBRATION. NURSE AND TAYLOR HALL AND THE BIG GOAL BY DARNELL. IMPORTANT THING IS COULD BE THE GAME WINNER. STRUCK THAT. >> OILERS TAKE THAT GOAL IN THE THIRD PERIOD FROM DARNELL NURSE AT 3:38. POULIOT. AND KLEFBOM GETS THIS.

THEY NEED ONE MORE RIGHT NOW. WITH 42 SECONDS TO GO. ANTON LANDER SET TO TAKE THE DRAW AGAINST MIKO KOIVU. FACE-OFFS IN THIS GAME RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. 50/50. FROM THE DRAW. SCRAMBLE. WON BY THE OILERS. BACK TO THE POINT. NUGENT-HOPKINS. YAKUPOV, FIRES IT! DUBNYK MAKES THE SAVE.

THE PUCK ENDS UP IN THE CORNER. PARISE CAN’T GET IT BY YAKUPOV. HALL WITH IT NOW. CONTROLS THE PUCK. THAT IS BLOCKED. REGAINS POSSESSION. HALL. SIDE OF THE NET. McDAVID STOPPED BY DUBNYK. 16 SECONDS LEFT TO GO. LANDER BACK TO YAKUPOV. HE’LL GO ACROSS TO NUGENT-HOPKINS. TO HALL. HALL, NUGENT-HOPKINS. FIRES THE SHOT.

GETTING IT ON THE STICK OF NUGENT-HOPKINS. TIME MELTS AWAY. AND THE MINNESOTA WILD GO ON A ONE-GOAL VICTORY AS DEVIN DUBNYK IS NOW 6 AND 1 LIFETIME AGAINST HIS OLD TEAM. >> AGAIN, SOME POSITIVES FOR THE OILERS, BUT NOT ENOUGH. TODD McKLEL LND TAKE MUCH MORAL VICTORY OUT OF THIS HOME.

INTERESTING AFTER THE GAME, DEVIN DUBNYK WAS GOOD, BUT THE MINNESOTA WILD WITH THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THEIR TEAM MANAGEMENT WERE BETTER THAN YOURS. >> SO THE WILD TAKES THE FIRST OF THE THREE-GAME SERIES. AND SNAP A ONE-GAME LOSING STREAK. THE OILERS NOW GO HOME A THREE-GAME