Edmonton Oilers at Minnesota Wild

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the Edmonton Oilers 3–2 in a shootout on Friday, December 9, 2016 at home.

Final score, Edmonton Oilers at Minnesota Wild
Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Edmonton Oilers 2 47-26-9
at Minnesota Wild 3 49-25-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, Edmonton Oilers at Minnesota Wild
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Overtime Shootout Total
Edmonton Oilers 1 0 1 0 0 2
Minnesota Wild 0 1 1 0 1 3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Edmonton Oilers at Minnesota Wild
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Overtime Shootout Total
Edmonton Oilers 11 9 4 3 0 27
Minnesota Wild 6 10 11 9 0 36

Three stars

  1. E. Staal, Minnesota Wild
  2. D. Dubnyk, Minnesota Wild (goaltender)
  3. J. Zucker, Minnesota Wild (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Edmonton Oilers at Minnesota Wild. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 19:04 Edmonton Oilers Leon Draisaitl (13) Benoit Pouliot (2), Tyler Pitlick (2) Even strength EDM 1, MIN 0
2nd 04:26 Minnesota Wild Mathew Dumba (3) Nino Niederreiter (9), Jason Pominville (6) Even strength EDM 1, MIN 1
3rd 01:19 Minnesota Wild Jason Zucker (5) Mikael Granlund (11) Even strength EDM 1, MIN 2
3rd 15:21 Edmonton Oilers Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (5) Oscar Klefbom (7), Jordan Eberle (15) Power play EDM 2, MIN 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Shootout

Shootout attempts in order
Round Team Shooter Result
1 Minnesota Wild Jason Pominville Goal
1 Edmonton Oilers Mark Letestu Saved
2 Minnesota Wild Mikko Koivu Saved
2 Edmonton Oilers Matt Hendricks Saved
3 Minnesota Wild Zach Parise Saved
3 Edmonton Oilers Leon Draisaitl Goal
4 Minnesota Wild Charlie Coyle Saved
4 Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid Saved
5 Minnesota Wild Chris Stewart Goal
5 Edmonton Oilers Jordan Eberle Goal
6 Minnesota Wild Eric Staal Goal (winner)
6 Edmonton Oilers Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Saved

Team stats

Team stats, Edmonton Oilers at Minnesota Wild
Stat Edmonton Oilers Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal 27 36
Power play 1 of 3 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 8 6
Hits 14 12
Blocked shots 15 22
Giveaways 4 3
Takeaways 4 8
Faceoffs won 28/63 (44.4%) 35/63 (55.6%)

Box score

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 14 J. Eberle R 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 16:10
Number 15 T. Pitlick C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 11:55
Number 19 P. Maroon L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:54
Number 23 M. Hendricks C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 1 0 44.4% 10:24
Number 27 M. Lucic L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 17:36
Number 29 L. Draisaitl C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 1 1 0 50% 18:37
Number 36 D. Caggiula L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:37
Number 44 Z. Kassian R 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 10:20
Number 55 M. Letestu C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 44.4% 13:33
Number 67 B. Pouliot L 0 1 1 +1 0 2 2 0 0 13:32
Number 93 R. Nugent-Hopkins C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 0 1 50% 19:41
Number 97 C. McDavid C 0 0 0 -1 2 6 0 0 0 27.3% 21:55
Number 2 A. Sekera D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 29:09
Number 4 K. Russell D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 1 0 26:52
Number 6 A. Larsson D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 2 0 16:43
Number 77 O. Klefbom D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 21:34
Number 79 D. Simpson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 11:02
Number 83 M. Benning D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 0 18:12
Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 33 C. Talbot 36 34 2 .944 64:58 OT loss

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 3 C. Coyle C 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 0 19:49
Number 7 C. Stewart R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 09:22
Number 9 M. Koivu C 0 0 0 +1 0 4 0 1 0 60.9% 21:57
Number 11 Z. Parise L 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 20:56
Number 12 E. Staal C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 50% 20:57
Number 16 J. Zucker L 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 1 0 17:58
Number 22 N. Niederreiter R 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 14:30
Number 29 J. Pominville R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 100% 12:39
Number 44 T. Graovac C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 54.5% 08:51
Number 56 E. Haula L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 44.4% 13:35
Number 63 K. Gabriel R 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 08:33
Number 64 M. Granlund C 0 1 1 +1 0 4 0 0 0 100% 20:07
Number 6 M. Scandella D 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 18:26
Number 20 R. Suter D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 0 26:19
Number 24 M. Dumba D 1 0 1 +2 2 2 0 0 0 20:50
Number 25 J. Brodin D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 0 2 0 20:03
Number 39 N. Prosser D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 16:33
Number 46 J. Spurgeon D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 4 0 22:32
Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 40 D. Dubnyk 27 25 2 .926 64:37 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Edmonton Oilers at Minnesota Wild
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 09:32 Edmonton Oilers Zack Kassian Tripping 2
2nd 12:23 Minnesota Wild Marco Scandella Hooking 2
2nd 17:01 Edmonton Oilers Adam Larsson Interference 2
3rd 02:00 Edmonton Oilers Kris Russell Slashing 2
3rd 11:49 Minnesota Wild Kurtis Gabriel Interference 2
3rd 15:11 Minnesota Wild Mathew Dumba Holding 2
OT 01:09 Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid High sticking 2

Game information

Edmonton Oilers head coach
Todd McLellan
Minnesota Wild head coach
Bruce Boudreau
Referees
Tim Peel, Trevor Hanson
Linesmen
Mark Wheler, Scott Driscoll
Edmonton Oilers scratches
David Musil, Anton Slepyshev, Jesse Puljujarvi
Minnesota Wild scratches
Christian Folin

2016-2017 season series

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Sources and further reading

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