Minnesota Wild at Edmonton Oilers - 2026-10-20

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NHL · Oct 20, 2026

Minnesota Wild

9:00 PM EDT

Tue, Oct 20

Edmonton Oilers

The Wild visit the Oilers at Rogers Place. Puck drop 9:00 PM EDT. On MINNHL, Wild+.

Where to watch Wild at Oilers

Canada

National: TVAS
Regional: SNW (EDM)

United States

Regional: MINNHL (MIN), Wild+ (MIN)

Oilers open homestand against the Wild

What to watch

The Wild have scored a power-play goal in eight of their nine games and are 9-for-28 with the man advantage. They have allowed only three power-play goals against.¹
The Oilers have lost 14 of their last 18 meetings with Minnesota, with a goal differential of 52 for and 75 against.¹
The Wild announced Nico Sturm has been activated from injured reserve and Hunter Haight has been reassigned to Iowa of the AHL.⁵

Wild

Projected lines³

Forwards

Kirill KaprizovJoel Eriksson EkMatt Boldy
Blake ColemanRyan HartmanBobby Brink
Maxim ShabanovDanila YurovYakov Trenin
Nico SturmMichael McCarronTyler Pitlick

Defence

Quinn HughesJonas Brodin
Daemon HuntZach Bogosian
Matt KierstedDavid Spacek

Projected skaters from NHL.com. See Minnesota's preview for the confirmed starting goalie.

Out: Rieger Lorenz (Scratched), Carson Lambos (Scratched), Brock Faber (Skull fracture), Marcus Foligno (Lower-body injury), Nick Foligno (Upper-body injury), Filip Gustavsson (Hip injury), Olli Maatta (Upper-body injury), Jared Spurgeon (Upper-body injury)³

What they are evaluating⁴

The Wild confirmed Jesper Wallstedt will start in Edmonton.

Oilers

Projected lines²

Forwards

Vasily PodkolzinConnor McDavidLeon Draisaitl
Zach HymanColton DachKasperi Kapanen
Alex FormentonOwen MichaelsMathieu Joseph
Filip HallanderTrent FredericIsaac Howard

Defence

Mattias EkholmEvan Bouchard
Ryan SheaConnor Murphy
Jake WalmanTy Emberson

Goalies

Devon LeviStart

Edmonton confirmed Devon Levi will start behind an unchanged lineup from Saturday.

Out: Max Jones (Scratched), Shakir Mukhamadullin (Scratched), Frederik Andersen (Undisclosed injury), Jason Dickinson (Undisclosed injury), Mattias Janmark (Undisclosed injury), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Lower-body injury), Alec Regula (Undisclosed injury), Matt Savoie (Undisclosed injury)³

What they are evaluating³

NHL.com said Mattias Janmark resumed skating Tuesday but remains week to week.

Both clubs rank in the NHL's top five for first-period goals, with Edmonton outscoring opponents 13-4 and Minnesota 12-7. The Oilers have scored first in five of their eight games and won all five.¹

Sources: ¹Edmonton Oilers: PREVIEW: Oilers vs. Wild · ²Edmonton Oilers: PROJECTED LINEUP: Oilers vs. Wild · ³Edmonton Oilers: Wild at Oilers projected lineups · ⁴Minnesota Wild: Game Preview: Wild at Oilers · ⁵Minnesota Wild PR: Sturm activated; Haight reassigned to Iowa. Lines and availability are the clubs' own and can change before puck drop.