The Edmonton Oilers dropped their fifth straight Monday night, getting thoroughly outplayed in a 3-0 loss to the Minnesota Wild.
The Wild’s Zach Parise opened the scoring 3:33 into the game. Adam Larsson lost the puck at the offensive blue-line, setting Parise up for a breakaway. His wrist shot beat Cam Talbot five-hole.
Parise struck again in the second period when he banged in the rebound of a shot from Jonas Brodin.
After the game, Oilers head coach Todd McLellan said he was impressed by the Wild’s tenacity.
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“We ran out of gas a little bit, we spent more time in our end,” McLellan said. “You have to give them credit, they smelled blood and went after it and played a lot below our goal line.
“Any time we did get the puck, we were out of gas to jump into the play or make anything happen. I give them credit, they found a weak point and went after it.”
The Wild dominated the third period, outshooting the Oilers 21-3. Joel Eriksson Ek added an empty-net goal in the final minute.
Devan Dubnyk made 22 saves for the shutout. Talbot made 37 stops.
Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse said Talbot kept the Oilers in it.
“Each and every night, he’s going to make a couple of saves to keep you in it, and he did that again tonight,” Nurse said.
Defencemen Andrej Sekera and Yohann Auvitu both left the game with injuries in the second period.
The Oilers (34-40-6) will host Vegas on Thursday.
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