Staal scores in 6th round of SO to lift Wild over Oilers
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Wild are getting comfortable in close games, and good thing, because they got another nail biter Friday night.
Eric Staal scored in the sixth round of a shootout and Minnesota beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2.
Eighteen of the Wild’s 26 contests have been one-goal games, including the last six. Three of those went to a shootout, and one was decided in overtime.
“If anything, it teaches you how to be calm in a one-goal game, whether you’re up a goal or down a goal, whether you’re pushing or protecting,” Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said.