Oilers vs. Wild | NHL Highlights | December 20, 2025

Oilers vs. Wild | NHL Highlights | December 20, 2025

Then the other net, Picard. Edmonton’s net’s been 
a struggle. They just traded for Jarry. Here’s Johansson in for the first shot of the game. And 
it’s picked out by Pickard. And Jarry got hurt. So here comes Bard. He’s played in 11 games. 
Eight of those games he’s given up four or more goals. Anthony. He’s just really struggled 
to find any type of confidence in the net. Wild get a defensive shift as Hartman drops 
it back to Zukarelloo. Capri off Zukarelloo and off the post. Yeah, this one it’s little 
kick out here from Hartman on a good middle drive and then given goal. Zukarelloo Capri off 
Bousard. Plays it back across the other way. Wild nearly had too many men on the ice. Nan Hopkins 
on the loose puck here. Forced to the outside by Hughes. Poked away and it’s a break away from 
Baldi. Baldi in to the back hand. He scores. How good he’s been. And Zack Hol just can’t get 
that clear down low. Baldi with a good stick. It’s backto-back shifts where he’s won stick 
battles and he gets it one-on-one with Bquard. Little fake frees the goalender. Get him down. 
Bring it to the backand. And patience as Bard tries to stick the pad out there. You can’t get 
it to the post. Middleton pitches from the point. Sturm got it into the circle. Middleton fires. 
Save on the first shot of the rebound. Goes wide. Zukarella intercepts along the boards to Hartman 
in the slot. He tried to go to Capriov and it hit a stick. He’s a man possessed right now. So yeah, 
you get Broaddin back, but I think it’s going to be committee cuz McDavid’s going to have his 
moments this afternoon. And comes through center into the Minnesota zone. A shot on a save by Gust 
and certainly in the West right now, but in the NHL, you need some high-end talent and both groups 
have it. Edmonton has gone to the West final each of the last two seasons. Oilers with back-to- back 
trips to the Stanley Cup finals. Favor down the slot. A backhander and a save by Pickard. Watch 
this. Frederick just goes out to his guy. Doesn’t know his responsibility. Flies by F. Oh, wait. 
This is my guy. F like I’ll take that ice and then pretty moved to the backand and Picker kind 
of spinning around in his crease like a top. But fortunately for him and the Oilers, the the seems 
like he’s found the the right mental space and even since the Hughes trade, just more confidence 
and and more of a willingness to simple play by Ly from Zukarella at understanding the game, 
kind of buying into a system. Middleton to Hart, but a shot and a kick save by Pickard. back home 
with a short-handed chance. A backhander right on and Gustoson makes the save. The hold at the line 
and the Wild gets set up in the offensive zone. Baldi with it. Back up high. It’s Hughes. Now 
Zukarelloo. Back to Hughes. Baldi fire. Scores. Second of the night. And a power 
play goal has Minnesota up by two. See how Edmonton responds, but this a double 
minor and well get it early in the first one. So there’s some time Edmonton’s goalending is 
is just flat out struggled and you’ve got to give something up on the PK to give up that weak 
side shot one-time but Baldi absolutely labels this one top shelf over the blocker. Johansson 
to Spurgeon Favor back to Spurgeon now to Favor. A drive tipped out front. Saved by Pickard. Faber 
again. Forced to the corner. He goes up high for Hughes. Power play about to expire. Baldi down 
low. Capri fires off the shoulder of Pickerton wide. Riceidle deflects it ahead. Minnesota one 
for two on that four-minute power play. Ericson centers. Bouncing puck knocked down by Baldi. 
Controlled by Bousard and Dryidle gives to McDavid into Minnesota territory. Forced to the outside 
by Erikson. Nurse walks to the middle. McDavid a shot deflected dry side on it in the corner. Out 
to Bousard. Bousard looking fires. They score. Bousard shot tipped by Man Japani on the way 
and the Oilers cut the Minnesota lead in half. Turn it up. Amazing things can happen. 
And this is just dry side McDavid. Enzy up on the ice together. Bashard drags the 
middle and pan gets a stick free out in front. Redirects it up over the shoulder. 
But Edmonton wasn’t just going to go away. They get their big guys on the ice. I think 
they’ve had good communication. Solid play. Loose puck. Sturm with a chance. Picker. 
Todd Coulson cut off. Plays it in behind. Dry Cidle out to the line. Bousard winds, 
fires, pad save. Gustoson. Bousard has a heavy shot. And Dry Cidle. McDavid like 
to use him when they can. Here’s Bousard again. Slides it through for Heyman. Back 
to Bousard. And a pass saved by Gustoson. Wild game in the zone. A shot got through. 
Saved by Pickard and the rebound picked up by Nan Hopkins. McDavid in with speed 
working against Favor. Got the shot away and a deflection of the netting out of 
play. I’ll just decide to score goals. And a chance for Capriov. He tries to throw it off 
of Pickard. 22 power play points already for Dry Cidle this year. Only McDavid has more. Dry 
Cidle tried to force one across to Newton Hopkins. Sturm got it out to the line but not out of the 
zone. McDavid to Dry Cidle. Back for McDavid. Spurgeon got a stick on it. He couldn’t clear. 
Dryidle to McDavid. Back to Dryidle. Kick save. Gustoson. Rebound. It’s loose on the line and 
eventually they score. Spurgeon got a piece of it. McDavid had one extra whack and it looks like 
he was able to knock it across the line to tie the game on the power play. Well, this plays 
made on the give and goal between McDavid and Dry Cidle after. Here’s the give and goal. 
It’s dry. McDavid then backand for McDavid to Dry Cidle. Five hole and it’s sitting there 
on the post. Boy, it just finds McDavid’s tape on the back door. He sticks with the play. You 
can’t see it through the massive bodies there, but as Spurgeon looks down to here, he 
has a power play goal to tie the game. Gust with a kick save. Lively rebound. Yanmar 
dumped it down into the Minnesota zone. Hughes deflects but not out of the zone. Residle 
holds. Intercepted by Hughes. He goes cross ice for Zukarelloo to Hartman. Hartman drops 
to Middleton. Back to Hartman. He scores. What a play. And Minnesota’s back in front by one. 
32. Welcome back to the lineup. Jake Middleton, but nice passing through the neutral 
zone. Kind of spread Edmonton out and Ryan Hartman cut through the middle. 
leaves it for Middleton and he goes under the triangle of Emerson right onto the 
tape of Hartman and redirection in the net. Bolting through neutral ice now McDavid 
back in McDavid to the line for Echol back to McDavid. His shot got through. 
or pad stopped by Gustoson. Spurge in tandem against McDavid’s line to 
open the period. Perhaps trying to split it up. Bousard with a shot. 
Stick save. Gustoson. Bousard with it. Second time the Wild have been short in 
this game. Both times it’s been one of their normal killing defenseman in the box. 
far side threw a mass of bodies right off the post and the Wild very fortunate that didn’t 
tear him in off the back of Gustin and in but against the Wild this year they are now a 
plus one with the two opportunities today backhand shot deflected by Pod Coulson Gustson hangs on a lot of Edmonton’s 
problems it between the pipes McDavid centered for Nan Hopkins. He was cut 
off at the last second by Favor. Hughes throws it out to center. Eriksonette tried to go cross 
ice to Baldi. Intercepted by Bousard. His drop pass off target and the Wild have numbers 
the other way. Johansson moving in across for Erikson. He fired wide. Juel Erikson 
just misses. Rebound held by Middleton to Henstrosza off the wall. Uraichek down from 
the point takes a hit from Stillman. Got it to Felo at the side of the net and Pickard 
able to hold his ground and cover. Plays it across to Terasinko. Terasenko cuts through 
the middle to Broaddin. Broaddin shot tipped out front. Saved by Pickard. Rebound winds up 
in behind the net. But here he fires in a pad. Saved by Gustoson. They get their face off win. 
Run their play. Terasenko with a takeaway and a shot right off. Saved by Pickers. Rebound. 
They score. Terasenko. And it’s 42 Minnesota. Did a great job. Hey, there’s the chance 
from Edmonton. And then Wildia going the other way on the rebound. Terasenko kind of 
with an errant dump, but he does a good job winning that stick battle rebound, but he 
doesn’t go for escape. Reattacks the net. The puck finds him in the paint. Feeds 
dry. Dryidle fires. Deflected. Gustoson down. Puck is still loose off the end wall. 
Johansson fires at the empty net. Bousard knocked it down. Terraenko in. He hands it 
off to Ster for the clincher. 52 Minnesota the cage. So Bashard has to knock 
it down. And Terraeno collects

Watch full game NHL highlights from the matchup between the Edmonton Oilers and the Minnesota Wild on December 20, 2025, condensing all the action to get you up to speed in a flash, where Matt Boldy scored two nice goals and Connor McDavid found twine down low!

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8:23 2nd Period
10:07 3rd Period

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