National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 4, Edmonton 0
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, February 20, 2015
Where: Rexall Place, Edmonton, Alberta
Referees: Francis Charron, Marc Joannette
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Don Henderson
Attendance: 16839

Wild 4, Oilers 0: Devan Dubnyk stymied his former team, turning aside 15 shots for his sixth shutout of the season as surging Minnesota defeated host Edmonton.

Dubnyk continued his emergence as one of the top netminders in the league, improving to 12-2-1 with five shutouts since joining the Wild in a trade with Arizona. Justin Fontaine scored twice while Nino Niederreiter and Jordan Schroeder also tallied for Minnesota.

Ben Scrivens made 25 saves for the Oilers, who were shut out for the sixth time this season. The 15 shots were the fewest Edmonton had registered since Jan. 13.

Fontaine kicked off the scoring just past the midway point of the opening period, redirecting defenseman Christian Folin's point shot past Scrivens' right shoulder. Niederreiter doubled the advantage just under five minutes later as he pounced on the rebound of captain Mikko Koivu's bad-angle shot in the slot and fired it past Scrivens.

Schroeder made it a 3-0 game with 4:10 remaining in the second period, streaking into the offensive zone and converting a slick pass by Thomas Vanek for his third goal of the season. Fontaine capped the victory - and his first multi-goal performance since Jan. 9, 2014 - by gathering Zach Parise's feed and beating Scrivens with 1:15 left.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Edmonton failed to convert the only power play of the contest, which was awarded when Wild D Nate Prosser was called for tripping 8:05 into the third period. ... Oilers RW Nail Yakupov saw his six-game point streak come to an end. ... Parise and Koivu each recorded a pair of assists. The two-point performance by Koivu was the 114th of his career, tying Marian Gaborik for first place on the franchise list.
Top Game Performances
 
Minnesota   Edmonton
Justin Fontaine 2 Points N/A
Justin Fontaine 2 Goals N/A
Mikko Koivu 2 Assists N/A
N/A Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Devan Dubnyk 1.000 Save Percentage Ben Scrivens .862
Devan Dubnyk 15 Saves Ben Scrivens 25
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Minnesota 29 4 0-0 1-1 2 19
Edmonton 15 0 0-1 0-0 0 28
Upcoming Games
  • Edmonton will play their next game at home against Anaheim. The Oilers have a W/L % of .294 after a win and .279 after a loss.
  • Minnesota will play their next game at home against Dallas. The Wild have a W/L % of .533 after a win and .500 after a loss.