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Jan 31, 2026; Edmonton, Alberta, CAN; The Minnesota Wild celebrate a goal scored by defensemen Quinn Hughes (43) during the second period against the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place. Mandatory Credit: Perry Nelson-Imagn Images <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\nThe Minnesota Wild thumped the host Edmonton Oilers 7-3 on Saturday night to complete a sweep of the three-game season series between the clubs.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Joel Eriksson Ek, Mats Zuccarello, Quinn Hughes and Brock Faber each scored and added an assist for the Wild, who have won three straight and improved to 4-0-1 in their last five games.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Kirill Kaprizov, Vladimir Tarasenko and Tyler Pitlick also found the back of the net for Minnesota, which is now 14-4-0 in its last 18 against Edmonton. Jesper Wallstedt made 39 saves.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jack Roslovic scored for the Oilers, who saw their season-high three-game win streak snapped in the loss.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Tristan Jarry stopped 15 shots before being replaced by Connor Ingram, who made seven saves.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The Wild scored three unanswered in the second after the teams were tied at 2 through 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Minnesota took its first lead of the night 35 seconds into the period as Zuccarello snapped in a shot off a Ryan Hartman faceoff win.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Hughes doubled the Wild’s lead at 12:29, batting home his own rebound off the end boards between the pads of Jarry.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Minnesota took a 5-2 lead as Tarasenko snapped home a Marcus Foligno pass from the middle of the left circle with 4:20 left in the second.. The goal ended Jarry’s night after he allowed five tallies on 20 shots.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Draisaitl opened the scoring at 3:16 of the first, snapping a shot from the slot blocker side past Wallstedt.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Minnesota netted the equalizer three minutes later on a power play as Eriksson Ek beat Jarry on a breakaway. With the assist, Hughes has a helper in eight straight games – the longest assist streak by a defenseman in Wild history.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Edmonton restored its lead 1:46 later as Connor McDavid’s pass directed off Nugent-Hopkins’ skate and in.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Kaprizov tied it 2-2 on a power play with 36 seconds remaining in the opening frame, tapping in an Eriksson Ek cross-crease pass.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Pitlick gave the Wild a 6-2 lead at 9:42 of the third, one-timing a Yakov Trenin pass into the net.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Edmonton cut into Minnesota’s lead at 12:43, as Roslovic tapped in the rebound off Darnell Nurse’s wraparound attempt.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n