The Minnesota Wild defeated the Edmonton Oilers by a score of 5-2 on Saturday afternoon. Some key penalties, bug saves and late-period goals affected the outcome in an entertaining showdown. Ryan Rishaug, Jason Strudwick & Rob Brown break it down.
Dagger at the end of the 1st (10:00)
Big momentum swing in the 3rd (16:00)
Ingram likely to start on Sunday? (27:24)
Brownie Points (41:55)
Struddy’s World (1:03:50)
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The crazy thing about the JP & AJ was AJ pulled some of his punches and never went full power
Wild just grinds you down over the course of the game it feels like.
This Oilers team is a disgrace their defensive structure and play since start of season is going to be heir demise
Here me out: get Jonathan Quick from the NYR
1:29:33 you like him getting pounded because he's a huge trump and conservative
Pickard out.
Wild are a locomotive just starting to pick up steam. Running a different goalie out there every game. Top tandom in the league. Bar none. When Quinn truly jells, and that's soon. Guerin will pick up a missing piece or two before its over.
This game just proved one thing to me – and no I realize it's not the playoffs, and that it is the end of another long eastern road trip – but this just proves the Oilers do not 'have it' this year. IMO this is a re-tooling year for them. I say the let the kids play more, players like Henrique will be gone, maybe Janmark too. But this year????? We'll make the playoffs, but we'll be first round fodder for either Vegas, or whoever finishes first in the Central (as we'll be a WC team). Tonight will be another loss, to a depleted Vegas team who also played last night but the excuse now will be 'first game after a road trip'. Sooner or later, someone in the media, other than Lowetide (Alan Mitchell) will admit that this is a write off year for us.