Marcus Johansson is set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, but the Minnesota Wild should trade the veteran forward before then.

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.

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

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 on Wednesday for their seventh win in eight games.

Read the recent NHL news and rumors about Matt Boldy for fantasy hockey. Minnesota Wild left wing Matt Boldy tallied two points on the

McDavid’s second goal of the game at 12:49 of the third period gave him 1,044 points in 686 career games with Edmonton, passing Hockey Hall of Famer Jari Kurri ’s mark with the Oilers (1,043 points in 754 games). Wayne Gretzky is the franchise leader in points (1,669 in 696 games).

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.

Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist to move into second place on the Edmonton Oilers’ all-time points list in a 5-3 win against the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center on Wednesday.

A first-period parade to the penalty box by the Oilers wasn’t that advantageous for the Wild. Why? Because Edmonton’s stars were rested and raring to go. Despite the power play gifting the Wild a two-goal head start,

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

The Minnesota Wild (27-12-4) are back in action tonight after their 3-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night. They face the Vegas Golden Knights (28-11-3) tonight before hosting the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.

Minnesota Wild reporter Michael Russo of The Athletic appeared on Sportsnet’s 590‘s The Fan Hockey Show. He reported that GM Bill Guerin will likely be aggressive at the upcoming NHL trade deadline.