The Wild held two separate leads before falling to Connor McDavid and the Oilers, losing Marcus Johansson along the way.

Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid faced criticism after an incident with Marcus Johansson during Wednesday’s game with the Minnesota Wild. Late in the second period, with 40.

Vasily Podkolzin scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Minnesota Wild 5-3 for their seventh win in eight g ...

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also had a goal and assist ... Minnesota lost forward Marcus Johansson in the second after he took an elbow to the face from McDavid. No penalty was called on the play.

Matt Boldy, Marco Rossi and Ryan Hartman scored for Minnesota, which has lost three of four as it deals with major injuries.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also had a goal and assist ... Minnesota lost forward Marcus Johansson in the second after he took an elbow to the face from McDavid. No penalty was called on the play.

The Wild got early goals from Matt Boldy and Marco Rossi, and a second period goal from Ryan Hartman, but could not hold their leads, despite testing Oilers goalie Calvin Pickard repeatedly.