Looking back at last season, the Wild swept the season series against Edmonton, winning all three games and outscoring the Oilers 13-5, including a 1-0 shutout win at Rogers Place on Dec. 2.
Per Stats Perform, The Wild is 14-4-0 (.778) against the Oilers since 2019-20. It’s the best record by any NHL team against Edmonton over the last eight seasons. Minnesota is 21-5-0 (.808) against the Oilers in Edmonton since 2010-11. That marks the second-best road record by one NHL team versus another over that span (minimum: 20 games), behind the Capitals at Montreal (19-3-2, .833).
Tonight will be a battle of the 97’s. Kirill Kaprizov for Minnesota, Connor McDavid for Edmonton. Kaprizov enters as the only player in the NHL with double-digit goals (10), while also ranking sixth in points (10-5=15). He is also riding a six-game point-streak (7-5=12), tied for the third-longest active streak in the NHL.
McDavid on the other hand, enters with a league-leading 23 points (6-17=23), and has scored in eight consecutive games. He is coming off a five point (2-3=5) outing against the Utah Mammoth on Saturday night and became the eighth player in NHL history to record 23 or more points through the first eight games of a season.
In the Crease:
Jesper Wallstedt gets the start tonight for Minnesota. He’s won four consecutive starts, posting a 2.34 GAA and a .891 SV% over that span. His current streak is tied for the second-longest active streak and tied for the third-longest streak in the NHL this season. He has two career starts against Edmonton, both of which came last season, and has a 2-0-0 record with a 1.50 GAA, a .960 SV% and one shutout.
Devon Levi will start for Edmonton tonight. He enters play with a 4-1-0 record, a 2.83 GAA and a .898 SV%. He won his first four starts of the season before losing to Utah, 4-2, on Oct. 15. Levi has only faced Minnesota one time in his career, stopping 33-of-35 shots faced en route to a 3-2 win on Nov. 10, 2023, when he was with Buffalo.
