The Edmonton Oilers Young Guns lost 4-3 to the Minnesota Wild when their comeback came up short. In the first period the Wild scored two quick goals half way through the period. At 11:09 Conner McDavid drew a penalty on the Wild and hustled to the Wild zone with a delayed penalty. He retrieved the puck on the right hand half boards and cut to the net on the right hand side at an angle. He stick handled the puck drawing the defense and passed off to Yakupov in the slot. Yakupov shot toward the net and the Wild goalie had it deflect off his blocker. Taylor Hall was at the left hand side of the net and shot the loose puck in to cut the score 2-1.

In the second period at 4:41 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins gained the line on a turnover into the Wild zone. He shot the puck around the right hand corner. Taylor Hall pursued and stole the puck behind the Wild net. He then cut back in the left hand corner and centered the puck to Iiro Pakarinen cutting in from the top. Pakarinen then snapped a shot that double deflected off a Wild defender and shot over the blocker of the Wild goalie to tie up the score 2-2.

In the third period at 3:38 Oscar Klefbom in his defensive zone moved the puck over to Darnell Nurse. Nurse then went up the middle of the ice zig zagging until he got into the Wild zone. He then let a shot fly just passed the blue line. A wild defender had the puck slightly deflect off his stick and the puck rocketed high over the glove of the Wild goalie to give the Oilers a 3-2 lead and Nurse’s first NHL goal.

But the lead was short lived as Minnesota tied the score about half way through the period. Then on a weak defensive play by the Oilers, the Wild got the puck into the Oilers zone and scored to take make it 4-3. The Young Guns pushed to tie the score but time ran out as they could not nurse their lead.