Oilers beat Wild in Minnesota

St. Paul, MN – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins netted a pair of goals, 2 win over the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center.

Taylor Hall ,Shawn Horcoff and Ryan Smyth all had a goal and an assist, and Jordan Eberle chipped in with two assists for the Oilers, who won in Minnesota for the first time since January 16, 2007 -- a span of 17 games.

Nikolai Khabibulin made 30 saves.

Devin Setoguchi and Pierre-Marc Bouchard scored for Minnesota, which had its five-game winning streak halted.

Josh Harding gave up four goals on 28 shots to take the loss.