🌲 Away Wild 20-10-5
1–4
Final
🛢️ Home Oilers 14-16-3
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🌲 MIN 0011
🛢️ EDM 2204

Wild at Oilers

Oilers beat Wild 4–1 at Rogers Place on December 22, 2011.

🗓 📍 Rogers Place, Edmonton 🏒 2011-12 🔁 Wild lead the season series 3–2
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🛢️ EDM
Jordan Eberle
2 G
4 shots · 15:55 TOI
2nd star 🛢️ EDM
Ryan Smyth
1 G
4 shots · 18:20 TOI
3rd star 🛢️ EDM
Nikolai Khabibulin
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🛢️ Jordan Eberle PP Go-ahead 1st · 15:57
Unassisted · beat Niklas Backstrom
0–1
🛢️ Ryan Smyth 1st · 18:36
Assists: Ladislav Smid, Tom Gilbert · beat Niklas Backstrom
0–2
2nd period
🛢️ Lennart Petrell SH 2nd · 01:40
Unassisted · beat Niklas Backstrom
0–3
🛢️ Jordan Eberle 2nd · 02:56
Assists: Corey Potter, Ryan Whitney · beat Niklas Backstrom
0–4
3rd period
🌲 Dany Heatley 3rd · 07:57
Assists: Matt Cullen, Jared Spurgeon · beat Nikolai Khabibulin
1–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Heatley · Brodziak · Cullen 22:16
L2 Bouchard · Clutterbuck · Johnson 17:51
L3 Taffe · Powe · Palmer 11:26
L4 Peters · Ortmeyer · Staubitz 9:10
D1 Scandella · Zidlicky 23:24
D2 Spurgeon · Schultz 20:49
D3 Falk · Stoner 12:29
🛢️Oilers
L1 Jones · Smyth · Horcoff 18:54
L2 Hall · Nugent-Hopkins · Belanger 16:32
L3 Eager · Gagner · Eberle 14:52
L4 Petrell · Hordichuk · Lander 6:11
D1 Gilbert · Smid 23:11
D2 Petry · Potter 17:58
D3 Peckham · Whitney 16:31

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN EDM🛢️
31 Shots on goal 31
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
15 Hits 17
9 Blocked shots 25
7 Takeaways 15
14 Giveaways 14
8 Penalty minutes 23
MIN shooting 3.2% (1/31) EDM shooting 12.9% (4/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
27/31
.871 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🛢️Oilers
Nikolai Khabibulin
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 59:57 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Jordan Eberle · 1st 15:57 · 0–1 Ryan Smyth · 1st 18:36 · 0–2 Lennart Petrell · 2nd 01:40 · 0–3 Jordan Eberle · 2nd 02:56 · 0–4 Dany Heatley · 3rd 07:57 · 1–4
MIN EDM
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Wild
Wild — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Oilers
Oilers — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Wild lead the season series 3–2
Nov 302011 🌲MIN @ 🛢️EDM 3–2 SO Nov 252011 🛢️EDM @ 🌲MIN 5–2 Oct 202011 🌲MIN @ 🛢️EDM 2–1 SO Oct 132011 🛢️EDM @ 🌲MIN 1–2 SO Apr 82011 🌲MIN @ 🛢️EDM 3–1
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❓ MIN vs EDM, answered

Who won Wild vs Oilers on December 22, 2011?

Oilers won 4–1. The final score was Wild 1, Oilers 4.

Who scored for Wild?

Dany Heatley.

Who scored for Oilers?

Jordan Eberle (2), Lennart Petrell, Ryan Smyth.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 27 saves on 31 shots (.871 save percentage).

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Nikolai Khabibulin made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Oilers played?

At Rogers Place in Edmonton, the Oilers home rink.

What is the Wild vs Oilers season series?

Wild lead the season series 3–2 after 5 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeDec 20 🌲MIN @ 🔥CGY 1–2 AfterDec 26 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 4–2
🛢️ Oilers
BeforeDec 19 🐙DET @ 🛢️EDM 3–2 AfterDec 26 🛢️EDM @ 🐋VAN 3–5
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