Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid faced criticism after an incident with Marcus Johansson during Wednesday’s game with the Minnesota Wild. Late in the second period, with 40.

Vasily Podkolzin scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Minnesota Wild 5-3 for their seventh win in eight games.

The Wild held two separate leads before falling to Connor McDavid and the Oilers, losing Marcus Johansson along the way.

Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid faced criticism after an incident with Marcus Johansson during ... making it 2-0. Zach Hyman responded for the Wild 21 seconds later with a quick wrist ...

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Vasily Podkolzin scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Minnesota Wild 5-3 for their seventh win in eight g

All the Edmonton Oilers know how to do is win. Despite going down 2-0 in the first period to the formidable Minnesota Wild, the Oilers won the final game of the season series by a score of 5-3 to win their third consecutive game.

The Minnesota Wild and Edmonton Oilers met for the third time this season on Wednesday, Jan. 15, and the second time in St. Paul. The Wild were still missing Kirill Kaprizov, Jakub Lauko, Jonas Brodin,

Led by Connor McDavid’s goal and assist en route to a historic three-point night, Edmonton’s top line erased its early deficit before an own goal against the Wild during the third period broke a 3-3 tie and lifted the reigning conference champs one point ahead of the Wild in the West.

Vasily Podkolzin scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Minnesota Wild 5-3 on Wednesday for their seventh win in eight games.

McDavid’s second goal of the game at 12:49 of the third period gave him 1,044 points in 686 career games with Edmonton, passing Hockey Hall of Famer Jari Kurri ’s mark with the Oilers (1,043 points in 754 games). Wayne Gretzky is the franchise leader in points (1,669 in 696 games).

At times Wednesday night the Edmonton Oilers looked like a gorilla eating a plate of spaghetti and red sauce with his bare hands. Yeah, it was all kinds of messy, but you couldn’t knock the entertainment value.