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The Minnesota Wild made sure the bad news didn't defeat them. Zach Parise scored twice and Devan Dubnyk made 22 saves to blank his original team, pushing the Wild past the Edmonton Oilers 3-0 on Monday night. ''I hope it makes them feel good about themselves,'' coach Bruce Boudreau said. Continue to Article

April 03, 2018 3:03:am EST

Zach Parise scored twice to continue his torrid stretch, and Devan Dubnyk made 22 saves for his fifth shutout of the season as the Minnesota Wild beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-0 on Monday night in Saint Paul, Minn. The team announced prior to puck drop that Ryan Suter needs surgery for a right ankle fracture sustained Saturday night at Dallas, and the defenseman will miss the remainder of the season. Dubnyk, who was drafted by the Oilers in the first round in 2004 and spent five seasons in Edmonton, made his 400th career start a perfect night with his 29th career shutout. Continue to Article

April 02, 2018 10:52:pm EST

With the Minnesota Wild on the verge of clinching their sixth consecutive trip to the postseason, their life just got much tougher. As they prep for their regular-season home finale on Monday against the Edmonton Oilers, the Wild are having to rapidly adjust to life without both of their top defensemen. Suter, who has been the team's mainstay on the blue line since coming to Minnesota as a free agent in the summer of 2012, has been averaging nearly 27 minutes of ice time per game and shouldering an increased load with Spurgeon missing in recent weeks. Continue to Article

April 01, 2018 8:27:pm EST

It’s also brought back that maddening debate as to what “value” actually means to a team because the league’s best — and arguably most valuable — player, Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid, is stuck on a dog excrement team that can’t do anything right when he is not on the ice, all but completely submarining his chances of winning the award for the second year in a row. The Oilers opened the season with the second best Stanley Cup odds in the NHL and are already mathematically eliminated from playoff contention and have, for all intents and purposes, been eliminated for at least half of the season. Continue to Article

March 30, 2018 8:05:pm EST

Defenseman Derrick Pouliot snapped a 1-1 tie with his third goal of the season early in the third period and the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 Thursday night for their third consecutive win. Sam Gagner also scored for the Canucks, who have won four of their past five games. Connor McDavid scored for the Oilers, who have lost two in a row. Continue to Article

March 30, 2018 2:40:am EST