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The Edmonton Oilers’ three-game winning streak came to an end Thursday night with a 5-3 loss to the Minnesota Wild.
The Oilers scored the only goal of the first period when Leon Draisaitl smacked in a power-play one-timer from a sharp angle. Evan Bouchard and Connor McDavid had the assists.
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The Wild pulled even on a power-play goal by Joel Eriksson Ek before the second was two minutes old.
McDavid recorded his 19th a few minutes later, finishing off a two-on-one with Draisaitl.
Minnesota’s Kirill Kaprizov tied it with a nice move in front on the power play.
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Wild forward Freddie Gaudreau put a backhand over the right shoulder of Oilers goaltender Jack Campbell to give the Wild a 3-2 lead after two.
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Minnesota forward Sam Steel got in behind the Oilers’ defence and went to the forehand for his fifth early in the third.
Mats Zuccarello added another for the Wild on a deflection.
Klim Kostin scored his first goal as an Oiler in the dying seconds.
The Oilers (13-11) will host the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. You can hear live coverage of the game on 630 CHED, beginning with The Faceoff Show
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