Coming off two losses and facing a dynamic team on a five-game winning streak, the Minnesota Wild needed a strong, bounceback game against the Edmonton Oilers to start their four-game Canadian road trip on the right foot.
Luckily for them, the elite-looking Wild showed up tonight, drubbing the Connor McDavid-led Oilers in a 7-3 rout. The Wild’s second line of Kevin Fiala, Matt Boldy and Freddy Gaudreau stole the show, teaming up for three goals and six assists, with Fiala earning two goals in the first and nearly completing the hat trick a number of times.