The Minnesota Wild and the Edmonton Oilers face off in Western Conference play on Wednesday, Jan. 15.

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After a bad loss to Nashville on Saturday, the Wild bounced back with a smart, structured game plan against the rival Avalanche.

The Edmonton Oilers overcame two deficits in Minnesota Wednesday to register a 5-3 win, behind the timely goaltending of Calvin Pickard. The Wild shot out to a deserved 2-0 lead as the Oilers got into penalty trouble.

Nugent-Hopkins scored just his second five-on-five point of the season away from Connor McDavid. It’s been an unusu

Two teams that are among the league leaders in wins and points will clash at the Xcel Energy Center on Wednesday night.

Minnesota scored the first two goals, both on the power play, but Connor McDavid rallied the Oilers with two goals and an assist.

First Period_1, Minnesota, Boldy 17 (Eriksson Ek, Zuccarello), 3:02 (pp). 2, Minnesota, Rossi 17 (Boldy, Zuccarello), 16:11 (pp). 3, Edmonton, Hyman 15 (Draisaitl ...

Leon Draisaitl currently leads the NHL goal-scoring race as he has found the back of the net 31 times this season.

Edmonton Oilers touched down in the Twin Cities on Tuesday night to kick off a quick three-game road trip against the Wild, Avalanche and Canucks. Edmonton Oilers crazy cross-continental tour took them back to the Central Division for the next installment of an eight-games-in-eight-cities-in-fourteen-nights marathon.

It wasn't just Saturday night against the Canucks. The Oilers star hasn't been drawing penalty calls all season.

The Edmonton Oilers have placed Derek Ryan on waivers today for the purpose of sending him to the American Hockey League. The Oilers announced a couple of moves this afternoon after they lost 3-2 to the Vancouver Canucks last night.