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02/26/2007 - St. Paul, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pierre-Marc Bouchard had a goal and an assist as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Edmonton Oilers, 4-1, at Xcel Energy Center.
Todd White, Brent Burns and Marian Gaborik each tallied markers for the Wild, who have won three straight games and four of their last five.
Niklas Backstrom stopped 19-of-20 shots for Minnesota, which will travel to Calgary to play the Flames on Wednesday night.
Fernando Pisani scored the lone goal for the Oilers, who have lost five of their last seven contests and will host the Phoenix Coyotes of Tuesday.
Dwayne Roloson made 23 saves in defeat for Edmonton.
"Our best penalty killer was our goalie," Burns said. "He is playing great for us. If we get beat, we have the confidence that he will stop the puck."
After both teams played it close to the best in the early stages of the contest, the Wild finally got on the board with 1:39 left in the opening stanza. Following some good offensive pressure, Bouchard, standing along the right wing boards, found a wide open White in front of the Oilers net and redirected the pass past Roloson.
The game remained the same until the later stages of the second stanza. After some chippy play throughout the frame, the Wild struck again with 1:08 left and on the power play. Kim Johnsson got the puck over to Burns at the left point and took a soft wrist shot that appeared to hit an Edmonton player in front and got by Roloson to put Minnesota up 2-0 heading into the second intermission.
Edmonton was not about to go quietly as the Oilers came out in the third, putting the offensive pressure on the Wild. Pisani lit the lamp seven minutes in the stanza when the veteran right wing skated down the right side and took a wrist shot that got by Backstrom high to the stick side to cut the deficit to 2-1.
"We've got a lot of divisional games left, but this is desperate hockey now," Oilers left wing Ryan Smyth said. "We've got to still believe in ourselves. We've got to create our opportunities and once we get these opportunities, take full advantage of them."
Minnesota answered right back with a tally of its own just under a minute later however. The Wild caused a turnover in the Oilers' offensive zone, sending Pavol Demitra and Gaborik on a 2-on-1 break. After some back-and- forth passing, it was Gaborik that finished it off, getting the puck past Roloson got give the Wild a two-goal lead at 3-1.
The Wild played a solid defensive game the rest of the way and got an empty- net tally from Bouchard in the final minute of play to account for the final score.
Game Notes
The Oilers finished 0-for-4 on the power play, while the Wild were 1-for-2 with the man advantage.
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