Recapping Minnesota Wild vs. Edmonton Oilers | Oilersnation After Dark – December 12th, 2024

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1. The curse has been lifted!

2. Game 29. Long post follows with base game statistics including some for the Minnesota Wild. Read, don't read, up to you. These are BASE stats not detailed ones. My comments and observations at the end.

   Statistics for Edmonton Oilers at Minnesota Wild December 12th, 2024

   Edmonton Oilers:
   
   Hyman 1 Goal (PP)
   
   Kapanen 1 Goal (GWG)
   
   Brown 1 Goal (Shortie), 1 Secondary Assist
   
   Nuge 1 Goal
   
   Draisaitl 1 Goal, 3 Primary Assists (2 on the PP)
   
   Stecher 1 Goal
   
   Ryan 1 Goal
   
   McDavid 2 Secondary Assists (1 on PP)
   
   Bouchard 1 Primary Assist, 1 Secondary Assist (PP)
   
   Podkolzin 2 Secondary Assists
   
   Janmark 1 Primary Assist (Shortie)
   
   Emberson 1 Secondary Assist (Shortie)
   
   Nurse 2 Primary Assists

   Pickard 29 Saves on 30 Shots = .967 Save %age (Exceptional)

   Minnesota Wild:
   
   Gaudreau 1 Goal (PP)
   
   Faber 1 Primary Assist (PP)
   
   Johansson 1 Secondary Assist (PP)

   Gustavsson 21 Saves on 26 Shots = .808 Save %age (pulled after 40 minutes)
   
   Fleury 7 Saves on 9 Shots = .778 Save %age (came in relief for 20 mins)

   Oilers Wild
   
   Shots on Goal 35 30
   
   Hits 8 23
   
   Faceoffs Won 28 22
   
   PP 2/4 1/3
   
   Penalty Mins 11 13
   
   Giveaways 14 (12 per NST) 21 (18 per NST)
   
   Takeaways 3 3
   
   Blocked Shots 11 (10 per NST) 14

   3 Stars: 3-McDavid (2A), 2-Draisaitl (1G, 3A), 1-Bouchard (2A)

   Player TOI PP TOI PK TOI SOG +/- PIM Hits Blocks Giveaways Takeaways
   
   Kulak 24:19 0:00 1:55 3 1 0 2 2 1 2
   
   Nurse 22:30 1:43 2:30 4 3 0 0 1 0 0
   
   Ekholm 21:34 1:28 2:07 0 2 2 0 4 4 0
   
   Bouchard 21:22 3:49 0:00 0 1 2 1 0 0 0
   
   Emberson 15:13 0:00 2:34 0 1 5 1 0 0 0
   
   Stecher 12;14 0:00 1:25 2 2 0 0 0 1 0

   McDavid 19:54 3:52 0:07 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
   
   Nuge 19:28 3:45 2:46 3 1 0 1 0 0 0
   
   Hyman 18:42 3:55 0:00 3 1 0 1 0 1 0
   
   Draisaitl 18:03 3:37 0:00 5 2 0 0 0 0 0
   
   Henrique 16:01 1:31 2:43 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
   
   Janmark 13:49 0:00 1:40 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
   
   J Skinner 13:10 1:36 0:03 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
   
   Kapanen 12:45 0:00 0:40 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
   
   Podkolzin 12:19 0:34 0:00 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
   
   C Brown 11:53 0:00 1:55 2 2 0 1 0 2 0
   
   Perry 11:43 1:25 0:00 3 1 0 0 2 1 0
   
   Ryan 9:33 0:00 0:00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1

   Oilers Faceoff Breakdown:
   
   Won Lost Percent
   
   McDavid 9 7 56.3
   
   Draisaitl 7 5 58.3
   
   Henrique 5 7 41.7
   
   Ryan 2 0 100.0
   
   Podkolzin 2 0 100.0
   
   J Skinner 1 0 100.0
   
   Nuge 1 1 50.0
   
   Janmark 1 1 50.0
   
   C Brown 0 1 0.00

   Wild's Faceoff Breakdown:
   
   Won Lost Percent
   
   Rossi 7 9 43.8
   
   Hartman 7 4 63.6
   
   Khusnutdinov 4 5 44.4
   
   Gaudreau 2 6 25.0
   
   Boldy 2 1 66.7
   
   Trenin 0 1 0.00
   
   Johansson 0 2 0.00

   Again, waiting for surgery, couldn't watch or listen to the game just some highlights after the fact.

   First, Minnesota is missing several good players due to injury. So are the Oilers.

   Next, Leon was all over this game. His assist on the Kapanen goal was a keep away for the ages (eventually against 2 players). One Goal and Three Assists on the night. He's got 4 Goals and 6 Assists over the last 4 games. Folks that's 2.5 points per game. He leads the league in Goals and Game Winning Goals right now.

   He didn't do it alone. Podkolzin multipoint night. McDavid multipoint night. Bouchard (who got hurt after a late hit INTO Pickard by Hartman who should face some suspensions for it but that's a Player Safety thing so who knows) had a multipoint night too. Nurse (who has been playing some of his best hockey of late) had 2 Primary Assists for a multipoint night.

   We got 2 of 4 on the PP. Let in 1 of 3 on the PK. Got a shortie on another of their opportunities. Derek Ryan scored a goal (his 1st of the year). Ty Emberson got into a really good fight (and when the Oilers fight they "tend" to win) and he is from the Minnesota area so lots of his family in attendance (and he got an Assist on the Shortie too). Stecher got his 2nd goal of the season. Brown got his 4th (and it was the shortie). All 4 lines scored.

   Many said the Oilers would be lucky to get 2 of 4 on the 4 game swing against Tampa Bay, Minnesota, Vegas, and Florida. We won the first two (in very different ways) but with both of those games showcasing that we DO have Defense (please let Bouch just have something minimal, loosing him would be a big hit). Two more games to go.

   LA lost tonight to the Devils but Vegas beat Winnipeg in OT. Canucks won, Flames lost, Seattle won so while we gain ground on LA we just keep pace with Vegas. We really need to beat them to close the gap somewhat.

   Take care all