EDMONTON, AB - After a disappointing third period on home ice against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday, the Oilers answered in a big way on the road in Minnesota to defeat the Wild 4-1 and keep themselves firmly in the race for one the Western Conference's coveted Wild Card spots.
"We needed to respond as a team and we did that for the whole 60 minutes," Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who had two assists in Thursday's win, said Friday afternoon. "Tomorrow night is going to be another tough challenge. These guys always come out firing at the start of the game so we need to be prepared for that and play 60 minutes like we did last time."
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"The one thing we do really well on the road is not try to hit home runs. At home we're trying to do that and it gets away from us sometimes," Oilers Head Coach Ken Hitchcock said.
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