<p>The winning streak has reached six games.</p>
<p>The Edmonton Oilers hosted the Minnesota Wild on Friday night and came out on top with a 4-3 win. Below are the highlights from the game.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center"><strong>GAME HIGHLIGHTS ARE PRESENTED BY BETWAY</strong></h2>
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<p>The Oilers got out to a big lead on the shot clock but it took until the final five minutes of the first period for them to break through. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins feathered a nice pass through traffic and Evan Bouchard roofed a shot over Marc-Andre Fleury from the faceoff dot.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">evan bouchard gives the oilers a 1-0 lead. <a href="https://t.co/u3pKBnl5aN">pic.twitter.com/u3pKBnl5aN</a></p>
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<p>The Wild came flying out of the gates in the second period and scored twice in just 41 seconds to take a 2-1 lead. The first goal came when Joel Eriksson Ek parked himself in front of Stuart Skinner and Matt Boldy was able to bury a rebound.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Matt Boldy battles in tight and tucks home Eriksson Ek&#39;s rebound to tie it up for Minnesota!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mnwild?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#mnwild</a> <a href="https://t.co/bi4YJ6kT7B">pic.twitter.com/bi4YJ6kT7B</a></p>
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<p>Right off the next faceoff, Boldy returned the favour to Eriksson Ek as the duo came together on another goal.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joel Eriksson Ek buries Boldy&#39;s beautiful setup for Minnesota&#39;s second goal in 26 seconds!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mnwild?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#mnwild</a> <a href="https://t.co/G0TQdI0ihA">pic.twitter.com/G0TQdI0ihA</a></p>
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<p>Unlike the last time the Oilers played Minnesota, things didn&#8217;t spiral. Connor McDavid scored an incredible goal to tie the game at 2-2 under one minute after the Wild took the lead.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">after the wild score two quick ones to start the second, connor mcdavid does connor mcdavid things to tie it at 2. <a href="https://t.co/4eS33ZKoXS">pic.twitter.com/4eS33ZKoXS</a></p>
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<p>The Wild took the lead again later in the second period. Connor Dewar was able to find space alone in the slot and fired a one-timer past Stuart Skinner after Ryan Hartman threw a pass out front.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Connor Dewar 🚨<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MNWild?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MNWild</a> vs <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LetsGoOilers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LetsGoOilers</a> <a href="https://t.co/ehvZ8cKjm1">pic.twitter.com/ehvZ8cKjm1</a></p>
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<p>From there, Edmonton&#8217;s power play took over. Late in the second period while Mats Zuccarello was in the penalty box for holding the stick, Leon Draisaitl fired a one-timer past Fleury to tie the game at 3-3.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A perfect one-timer by Leon Draisaitl. 😍 <a href="https://t.co/XT98V7I830">pic.twitter.com/XT98V7I830</a></p>
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<p>Evander Kane lured Ryan Hartman into taking a roughing penalty early in the third period and the power play once again capitalized. Leon Draisaitl teed Evan Bouchard up at the point for a one-timer and he fired it through Fleury to put the Oilers back on top. They would close the door the rest of the way and win by that same score.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">evan bouchard’s second of the night gives the oilers a 4-3 lead. <a href="https://t.co/A9GKcesWz2">pic.twitter.com/A9GKcesWz2</a></p>
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The winning streak has reached six games.

The Edmonton Oilers hosted the Minnesota Wild on Friday night and came out on top with a 4-3 win. Below are the highlights from the game.



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<h2 style="text-align: center"><strong>GAME HIGHLIGHTS ARE PRESENTED BY BETWAY</strong></h2>
<p style="text-align: center"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-122158 size-full" src="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Betway-Article-Image.jpeg" alt="" width="740" height="222" /></p>


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The Oilers got out to a big lead on the shot clock but it took until the final five minutes of the first period for them to break through. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins feathered a nice pass through traffic and Evan Bouchard roofed a shot over Marc-Andre Fleury from the faceoff dot.

https://twitter.com/zjlaing/status/1733315303805960282

The Wild came flying out of the gates in the second period and scored twice in just 41 seconds to take a 2-1 lead. The first goal came when Joel Eriksson Ek parked himself in front of Stuart Skinner and Matt Boldy was able to bury a rebound.

https://twitter.com/HockeyDaily365/status/1733321303984054659

Right off the next faceoff, Boldy returned the favour to Eriksson Ek as the duo came together on another goal.

https://twitter.com/HockeyDaily365/status/1733321654409814443

Unlike the last time the Oilers played Minnesota, things didn't spiral. Connor McDavid scored an incredible goal to tie the game at 2-2 under one minute after the Wild took the lead.

https://twitter.com/zjlaing/status/1733322145273643040

The Wild took the lead again later in the second period. Connor Dewar was able to find space alone in the slot and fired a one-timer past Stuart Skinner after Ryan Hartman threw a pass out front.

https://twitter.com/MinnesotaSOH/status/1733329091527381357

From there, Edmonton's power play took over. Late in the second period while Mats Zuccarello was in the penalty box for holding the stick, Leon Draisaitl fired a one-timer past Fleury to tie the game at 3-3.

https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1733331165321298226

Evander Kane lured Ryan Hartman into taking a roughing penalty early in the third period and the power play once again capitalized. Leon Draisaitl teed Evan Bouchard up at the point for a one-timer and he fired it through Fleury to put the Oilers back on top. They would close the door the rest of the way and win by that same score.

https://twitter.com/zjlaing/status/1733336684664938834

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