Ryan Hartman had three goals and two assists to help the Minnesota Wild to a 7-4 win against the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.
Mats Zuccarello and Joel Eriksson Ek each had a goal and assist, Jake Middleton and Kirill Kaprizov each had three assists and Filip Gustavsson made 24 saves for the Wild, who have won nine of the past 10 against Edmonton.
Warren Foegele scored two goals, Evan Bouchard had a goal and two assists, Evander Kane had a goal and an assist and Jack Campbell made 24 saves for the Oilers, who played without star center Connor McDavid because of an upper-body injury.
After falling behind three times, the Wild took their first lead, 4-3, at 6:48 of the third period. Hartman passed the puck from behind the net to Kaprizov, who made a quick feed to Zuccarello in the slot for the one-timer.
Minnesota extended the lead to 5-3 at 10:28 when Eriksson Ek came out from behind the net to receive a pass from Pat Maroon before spinning and scoring from in close.
Kane scored nine seconds into a power play to trim the deficit to 5-4 at 12:55, but Hartman scored his third goal of the game, off a pass from Middleton while driving to the net, to extend the lead to 6-4 with 4:10 left.
It was Hartman’s second NHL hat trick and second five-point game.
Marcus Foligno added an empty-net goal with 3:23 left to make it 7-4.
The Oilers took a 1-0 lead 54 seconds into the game on a slap shot from above the right circle by Bouchard.
Minnesota tied it 1-1 at 7:47 of the first when Hartman sent the puck to the front of the net from near the wall and Marco Rossi redirected it past Campbell.
The Oilers moved back ahead 2-1 at 18:27 of the first period when the puck caromed to Foegele and he scored on a one-timer.
The Wild tied it 2-2 with 59 seconds left in the opening period when Hartman scored off a rebound.
Foegele scored 32 seconds into the second period on a wrist shot from the high slot, giving Edmonton its third lead of the game, 3-2.
–Field Level Media
