GAME STORY: Wild 3, Oilers 2 (SO)

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"I'm proud of our group tonight," said Oilers head coach Todd McLellan. "It's been tough on us lately. The schedule, the way we've lost games the frustration level goes up and when that happens it sucks a lot of energy out of you but I thought our guys played a real strong game tonight - player one through player 20 - and happy that we could come away with a point.
"Obviously, we'd like to have another one in the shootout but we'll take that effort, bottle it up and get home and have some rest."
1:09 into overtime, Zach Parise was hacked by a high-stick from Connor McDavid to give Minnesota the power play. On the ensuing man advantage, the best chance the Wild had was on a one-timer from Charlie Coyle. His blast from the left circle rang off the post behind Oilers netminder Cam Talbot.
Minnesota rattled off the first seven shots of the extra frame then after the penalty expired, the Oilers went on the attack and netted two of their own.
The Wild had another flurry in the waning seconds of overtime but weren't able to solve Talbot.
"I thought the whole night he was pretty solid," McLellan said about Talbot. "It makes you feel good when he's in there and he's performing the way he is. We don't want to make mistakes but we're humans and we do make mistakes. To have him back there to help us out and cover up is comforting."
Shot on goal after 65 minutes were 36-27 for the Wild.
With 55 seconds to go in the opening stanza, the Oilers scored off the rush late in the opening frame to kick off the scoring.
The play started with a nice no-look pass from Draisaitl to Benoit Pouliot at the boards from the far blueline. The pair then rushed up ice and worked the give-and-go with Pouliot finding Draisaitl barreling down the left wing. Dubnyk made the first stop but the Oilers centre pounced on his own rebound and put the puck into a tiny opening between Dubnyk's skate and the post for the goal.
"He's playing very well. He's big, he's strong, he's making plays, he's got tremendous vision, his faceoffs are going up," McLellan said about Draisaitl. "We're starting to use him more on the penalty kill. He's a confident young man right now and we're lucky to have him."
Early in the third, Connor McDavid's attempted feed to Oscar Klefbom found its way onto the stick of Mikael Granlund and Granlund fed the puck across ice to Jason Zucker who put the puck into the open cage.

The Wild took its second penalty of the night with 8:11 to play in the third period. Kurtis Gabriel upended Russell and received two minutes for interference for his efforts. The Oilers could not convert on the man advantage but they had another chance with 4:49 to go when Matt Dumba pinned McDavid against the side boards for a little bit too long and this time they made the Wild pay.
10 seconds into that man advantage, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins whipped a wrist shot from the top of the left circle past Dubnyk to tie the game up. The goal was challenged by Minnesota for goaltender interference but it was ruled that it was a good screen on the part of Pat Maroon.
"Everybody found their way to leave their mark on the game," McLellan remarked. "I didn't think that there was a lot of passengers. They found ways to contribute throughout the night and at opportune times. Look at Nuge, he had a real tough game in Philly but bounced back with a big goal with a few minutes left. We're learning lessons as we go.
"Tonight was a good lesson for us. We know that we can bounce back when we need to."