Wild’s special teams costly in 4-3 OT loss to Oilers: ‘It was self-inflicted wounds’

The Minnesota Wild fell 4-3 in overtime to the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place on Tuesday night. Despite controlling much of the play at five-on-five and rallying from a two-goal third-period deficit, Minnesota struggled on special teams. Edmonton converted three of five power plays, culminating in Evan Bouchard's game-winning goal in overtime after the Wild were called for too many men on the ice.

Joel Eriksson Ek opened the scoring for Minnesota before Leon Draisaitl tallied two power-play goals and Mathieu Joseph added another for Edmonton. Kirill Kaprizov and Ryan Hartman scored in the third period to force overtime. Goalie Jesper Wallstedt made key saves for Minnesota, while Devon Levi secured the win for Edmonton with several crucial stops.