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Minnesota Wild vs Edmonton Oilers prediction

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Lines

Lines from the last game · may change

Minnesota Wild

Last game: Oct 22

Forwards

  1. 1st line12 min together
    12LWBoldyMatt14CEkJoel Eriksson97RWKaprizovKirill
  2. 2nd line8 min together
    20LWColemanBlake38CHartmanRyan10RWBrinkBobby
  3. 3rd line7 min together
    61LWLorenzRieger13CTreninYakov22RWYurovDanila
  4. 4th line6 min together
    78LWSturmNico47CMcCarronMichael19RWPitlickTyler

Defence

  1. 1st pair13 min together
    43DHughesQuinn25DBrodinJonas
  2. 2nd pair8 min together
    46DSpurgeonJared48DHuntDaemon
  3. 3rd pair8 min together
    24DBogosianZach3DMäättäOlli

Goalies

Edmonton Oilers

Last game: Oct 22

Forwards

  1. 1st line14 min together
    29LWDraisaitlLeon97CMcDavidConnor92RWPodkolzinVasily
  2. 2nd line13 min together
    18LWHymanZach93CNugent-HopkinsRyan42RWKapanenKasperi
  3. 3rd line7 min together
    26LWFormentonAlex21CJosephMathieu43RWMichaelsOwen
  4. 4th line6 min together
    53LWHowardIsaac34CDachColton10RWFredericTrent

Defence

  1. 1st pair17 min together
    6DSheaRyan5DMurphyConnor
  2. 2nd pair11 min together
    2DBouchardEvan14DEkholmMattias
  3. 3rd pair7 min together
    96DWalmanJake49DEmbersonTy

Goalies

How we read the lines: from the NHL’s shift charts, the three forwards and the two defencemen who shared the most 5-on-5 ice time, ranked by time on ice. Coaches shuffle lines often, so treat them as a guide until puck drop.

Tyler Pitlick: Connor Mah, CC BY-SA 3.0; Leon Draisaitl: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0; Connor McDavid: Connor Mah, CC BY-SA 3.0; Vasily Podkolzin: Northwest, CC BY-SA 4.0; Zach Hyman: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0; Ryan Nugent-Hopkins: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0; Kasperi Kapanen: David, CC BY 2.0; Alex Formenton: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0; Mathieu Joseph: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0; Isaac Howard: Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; Trent Frederic: Marissa Babin, CC BY-SA 2.0; Ryan Shea: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0; Connor Murphy: 5of7, CC BY-SA 1.0; Evan Bouchard: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0; Mattias Ekholm: Canada Hky, CC BY 3.0; Jake Walman: Jenn G, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Goalie duel

Projected

Projected from recent starts · confirmed at puck drop

Jesper Wallstedt MIN

.915 save percentage

2.19 GAA · 6–2–2 · 10 starts

Devon Levi EDM

.887 save percentage

3.11 GAA · 6–1–0 · 7 starts

Teams do not name their goalie before the game. We expect the No. 1 unless his team played the night before, when the back-up usually starts; last season that call was right about two times in three. Our win chances do not depend on it.

Photo credits: Devon Levi: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Team leaders

Minnesota WildThis seasonEdmonton Oilers

Season totals in this competition from the scoresheets so far (10 games per team); current squads only.

Photo credits: Connor McDavid: Connor Mah, CC BY-SA 3.0; Leon Draisaitl: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0; Connor Murphy: 5of7, CC BY-SA 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Recent form

Minnesota Wild

L1–2OTL3–4W2–1W5–4L2–5

Edmonton Oilers

W6–5W4–3W6–2L2–4W4–1

W win · OTL loss in overtime or a shootout · L loss in regulation

Head to head

  • Edmonton Oilers 4–3 Minnesota Wild

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