The Edmonton Oilers once again look to keep adding numbers to their winning streak total as they play tonight. After winning a matinee yesterday against the Winnipeg Jets in Winnipeg, the Oilers travel back into Edmonton where they take in the Minnesota Wild tonight.
Edmonton Oilers vs Jets Quick Summary
Having to play a game then travel back home in time to play a game just over 24 hours later is tough on the body. That will be the case tonight for the Edmonton Oilers. After playing a very solid first two periods yesterday the Oilers eased up in the 3rd period.
In that period the Winnipeg Jets were able to score to goals and make it a one goal game till Darnell Nurse scored on an empty net with 3 seconds left to play. In the game the Edmonton Oilers were able to control most of the play. If they want to keep the winning streak going they will need to do that again tonight.
Struggling Wild
The Minnesota Wild are currently on a 2 game losing streak, where they lost 6-2 to Friday to the Florida Panthers and two days before that they lost 6-3 to the Winnipeg Jets. The Wild have been struggling to keep the puck out of their net lately.
This could be a time where the Edmonton Oilers defense is actually playing better than their opponents. The Oilers have only allowed 5 goals in the last two games combined where the Wild have given up 12. This added to the way the Oilers have been scoring lately should add up to a high scoring game for the Oilers.
The Edmonton Oilers will want to get a quick lead in this game as well. The Oilers tonight will be the better team if the Wild want to open this game up. If the Wild want to trade chances, the past will show us that the Edmonton Oilers should win in a higher scoring game.
Even though the Edmonton Oilers played last night, I think they should be able to pull out the victory against the struggling Minnesota Wild.
Edmonton Oilers Lines
ZACH HYMAN-CONNOR MCDAVID-KAILER YAMAMOTO
EVANDER KANE-LEON DRAISAITL-RYAN MCLEOD
WARREN FOEGELE-RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS-DEREK RYAN
TYLER BENSON-BRENDAN PERLINI
DARNELL NURSE-TYSON BARRIE
WILLIAM LAGESSON-CODY CECI
PHILIP BROBERG-EVAN BOUCHARD
MARKUS NIEMELAINEN
MIKE SMITH
Minnesota Wild Lines
KIRILL KAPRIZOV-RYAN HARTMAN-MATS ZUCCARELLO
KEVIN FIALA-FREDERICK GAUDREAU-MATTHEW BOLDY
JORDAN GREENWAY-JOEL ERIKSSON EK-MARCUS FOLIGNO
CONNOR DEWAR-NICO STURM-BRANDON DUHAIME
JONAS BRODIN-ALEX GOLIGOSKI
JORDIE BENN-JARED SPURGEON
JON MERRILL-DMITRY KULIKOV
KAAPO KAHKONEN
Pre-game Audio
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Game #50
Date: 2/20/2022
Opponent: Minnesota Wild
Location: Rogers Place, Edmonton Alberta
Time: 6:00PM
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Betting Odds: WynnBET
The Edmonton Oilers and the Minnesota Wild betting odds on WynnBET have Edmonton as -1.5 point favorites tonight, while the Wild are the underdogs at +1.5. The Oilers are the favorites with a Moneyline odd of -105 on the night while Minnesota is sitting at -115. Tonight’s game is expected to be high-scoring with an over/under of 6.5 goals on the night.