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

EDMONTON -- Connor McDavid scored in his return from a three-game suspension, and the Edmonton Oilers won 4-2 against the Seattle Kraken at Rogers Place on Monday.

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.

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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 ...

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

Being in a U.S. market where hockey is the number one sport in the state, today is another example of why it’s great to be here,” Wild coach John Hynes said.

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

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

The Minnesota Wild and Edmonton Oilers met for the third time this season on Wednesday, Jan. 15, and the second time in St. Paul. The Wild were still missing Kirill Kaprizov, Jakub Lauko, Jonas Brodin,

With two goals and one assist, Connor McDavid willed the Oilers to victory, passing Jari Kurri for second on the Oilers all-time scoring list with 1,044 points in the process. Wayne Gretzky is first with 1,669 points as an Oiler.