Boldy gets 2 goals, Wild defeat Oilers for 7th win in row
Connor McDavid scored his 11th goal in nine games and extended his point streak to nine, and Leon Draisaitl had two assists for the Oilers (17-13-6), who had won two in a row and four of five. Calvin Pickard made 32 saves.
“It was nice that we tied [it] up, fought back [from] being down 2-0 and [were] able to tie it up,” Edmonton coach Kris Knoblauch said. “Unfortunately, that’s a big goal at the end of the first period, one that shouldn’t happen. Really hurt us, and I thought we kept our composure, and I thought we had a good push after that. So, we had many opportunities to tie it up in the third. … And then they were able to score two goals late in the game. That’s pretty tough to come back again.”
Boldy put the Wild ahead 1-0 at 3:42 of the first period. He stole the puck from Mattias Ekholm at the Minnesota blue line, skated in for a breakaway and beat Pickard with the backhand.
Boldy increased the lead to 2-0 on the power play at 10:56, scoring with a slap shot from the right face-off circle off a feed from Quinn Hughes. Boldy has five goals in a four-game goal streak.
Andrew Mangiapane tipped an Evan Bouchard shot in the slot to cut the deficit to 2-1 at 13:35.
“It’s nice to score, but would have been better with two points,” Mangiapane said.
McDavid then tied it 2-2 on the power play at 18:44 when he poked in a loose puck at the right post. He has 23 points (11 goals, 12 assists) during his point streak.
Ryan Hartman put Minnesota back in front 3-2 at 19:52, finishing a give-and-go with Jake Middleton from the low slot.
