EDMONTON – Jesper Wallstedt made 33 saves to record his fourth shutout of the season in just 10 games as the Minnesota Wild carried their torrid pace from last month into December, emerging with a 1-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday.

Per NHL Stats, Wallstedt becomes the first goalie in more than 61 years and just the seventh since the 1929-1930 season to record five shutouts in 10 career wins.

He also now sits fourth among rookie goaltenders in NHL history by opening his season with a 10-game point streak (8-0-2).

“Alright I guess,” Wallstedt said with a smile to Sportsnet’s Gene Principe when asked how he thought he played on Tuesday. “Obviously, when the team plays the way we’ve played and we’ve been very confident. (The skaters) do their job and I try to do my job. We’ve played good games and we’ve been successful.

“It’s pretty fun. We’re enjoying this time and living in the moment. We’re a hard-working team and I feel like we’ve been grinding teams down and we did that tonight as well and we’re having a lot of fun on and off the ice.”

Jonas Brodin scored the lone goal for the Wild (15-7-5), who have achieved at least a point in 12 straight games. The Wild went 11-1-2 in November.

The Oilers (11-11-5) have lost five of their last seven. Stuart Skinner recorded 23 stops for the Oilers.

Wild: Forward Kirill Kaprizov had his goal-scoring streak snapped at five straight games and his points streak ended at seven games, during which he had notched seven goals and two assists.

Oilers: It was a bad night for Edmonton streaks as well, as forward Leon Draisaitl had his points streak halted at eight games, with five goals and eight assists during that span.

Minnesota got the game’s only goal with seven minutes remaining in the opening period as Skinner whiffed with his glove hand on a point blast from Brodin off the draw, his third of the season.

Wallstedt, who was drafted 20th overall in the 2021 NHL draft after Edmonton traded the selection to the Wild and dropped two spots, was named the NHL’s rookie of the month for November on Tuesday. 

The 23-year-old Swede was incredible last month with a 6-0-0 record, a league-best 1.14 goals-against average, .967 save percentage and three shutouts in six games. Wallstedt entered the game boasting a 7-0-2 record with a league-leading .938 save percentage and 1.93 goals-against average.

Wild: Play the second of a four-game road trip in Calgary on Thursday.

Oilers: Remain home to face the Seattle Kraken on Thursday.