The Edmonton Oilers continued their five-game homestand by welcoming the Minnesota Wild to Rogers Place. After losing their first game in overtime to the Boston Bruins, the Oilers wanted to right the ship immediately before the Calgary Flames come to town for the Battle of Alberta. Unfortunately, the Oilers lost again, making it the first time in 2024 they’ve lost back-to-back games.
Charts and observations from the setback are below!
Game events
- The Oilers more than doubled the Wild in shots but got doubled up on the scoreboard.
- Edmonton was also dominant in the faceoff circle.
- Most other traditional stats were relatively equal between the two teams.
Goals
| Goal | Assists | Time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Boldy | Jake Middleton, Joel Eriksson Ek | 19:37 | 1st | MIN 1 – 0 EDM |
| Leon Draisaitl (PPG) | Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 10:27 | 2nd | MIN 1 – 1 EDM |
| Jonas Brodin | Declan Chisholm, Kirill Kaprizov | 9:31 | 3rd | MIN 2 – 1 EDM |
| Matt Boldy | Ryan Hartman, Marcus Johansson | 12:18 | 3rd | MIN 3 – 1 EDM |
| Zach Hyman (PPG) | Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid | 14:51 | 3rd | MIN 3 – 2 EDM |
| Mats Zuccarello | Unassisted | 18:33 | 3rd | MIN 4 – 2 EDM |
- Connor McDavid tied his career-best home point streak with 21 games after reaching the 20-game mark against the Bruins.
- Edmonton scored on both power play opportunities they got, going two-for-two.
- Allowing three goals while scoring just one in the third period is as uncharacteristic as it gets for Edmonton.
All situations Corsi
- The Oilers had a sluggish start to the game but picked things up from the midpoint of the second period onwards. They were extremely consistent with their offence for the final 30 minutes of the game.
- Minnesota had the opposite occur—they were good out of the games but were flat on sustained offence for the second half. However, they were clearly more opportunistic as the won the game on just a handful of shots in the third.
- Edmonton had a much better game compared to Minnesota when looking at shot locations.
- Considering Minnesota had four power plays, their all situations shot plot is not very good at all—Edmonton was stronger on defence but the goaltending from Calvin Pickard was subpar.
5v5 Corsi
- As mentioned, the Oilers got both their goals on the power play. It’s rare to see Edmonton post zero goals at 5v5 in a game but it happened.
- This plot makes it pretty clear that it’s a game that Edmonton will just forget and move on from. They did everything right and did it better—everything except for goaltending.
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