#Alex Goligoski

After losing back to back games for the first time this season the Edmonton Oilers look to stop the bleeding. Every team loses games and every team loses consecutive games. The key to having a successful season is to keep the losing streaks short. So far the Oilers have been good at not losing large groups of games. The Minnesota Wild are in town…

Minnesota Wild (19-9-2) 40pts 2nd in the Central 3.63 Goals For Per Game (2nd in the NHL) 3.00 Goals Against Per Game (19th in the NHL) 17.5% Power Play (22nd in the NHL) 81.1% Penalty Kill (12th in the NHL) Top 5 Scorers: 1. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 12G 24A = 36pts 2. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 14G 12A = 26pts 3. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 8G 16A = 24pts 4. #17…

MINNEAPOLIS - The Wild open the season Thursday night at Xcel Energy Center against the New York Rangers. Last year, the Wild finished with 113 points; it was the best regular season in franchise history, and good for fifth in the National Hockey League. Although the regular season was terrific, the post-season was all too familiar for Wild fans: a…

The Edmonton Oilers once again look to keep adding numbers to their winning streak total as they play tonight. After winning a matinee yesterday against the Winnipeg Jets in Winnipeg, the Oilers travel back into Edmonton where they take in the Minnesota Wild tonight. Having to play a game then travel back home in time to play a game just over 24…

During the offseason, General Manager Bill Armstrong decided that the Arizona Coyotes were not good enough and needed to be rebuilt. He then proceeded to blow up the team completely. Only nine players on the opening night roster were with the organization last season, and one of them, Victor Söderström, played for the AHL last season, not the…

Our feature grading the positional depth of each NHL team continues this week, with a focus on the blueline. If you missed our prior talent tiers, they are referenced below - please check them out. Our approach to grading defencemen will be similar, but not identical to the way we evaluated forwards. We overweight top-four defenders - for most…