ST. PAUL, MInn. – Ryan Hartman, Matt Boldy and Liam Ohgren scored 1 minute, forty two seconds aside early withinside the first length and the Minnesota Wild beat the Seattle Kraken 4-zero on Wednesday nights.
Filip Gustavsson made 34 saves for his 5th shutout of the season, Boldy delivered an empty-internet goal, and Minnesota moved inside factors of third-region Colorado withinside the Central Division.
Gustavsson is 4-1-1 in his ultimate six domestic video games with a 1.forty eight desires-towards average, a .949 shop percent and shutouts.
Philipp Grubauer stopped 24 pictures for Seattle.
Hartman scored from the slot 2:forty seven into the recreation, Boldy scored from nearly the equal spot at 3:fifty nine and Ohgren finished a 2-on-1 with Frederick Gaudreau 30 seconds later for a 3-zero lead. The 3 desires withinside the beginning 4:29 is the quickest to begin a recreation withinside the NHL this season.
Prior to the outburst, the Wild had now no longer scored a first-length intention in seven video games, for the reason that March four in Seattle.
Takeaways
Kraken: Playing its fourth recreation in six days, Seattle outshot Minnesota 34-28, however misplaced in law for simply the second one time in seven video games.
Wild: Center Marco Rossi, 0.33 at the crew with 21 desires, left the sport withinside the first length with a lower-frame harm after being hit via way of means of a Boldy shot. He’s certainly considered one among 3 Wild gamers to have performed each recreation this season.
Key moment
Boldy’s desires have been his first in 12 video games. His 23 desires are tied with Kirill Kaprizov, who’s neglected all however 3 video games for the reason that Dec. 23, for the crew lead.
Key stat
Seattle is 0-eleven withinside the 2d recreation of again-to-again contests this season. The Kraken gained 6-2 in Chicago on Tuesday.
Up next
Both groups play Saturday: the Kraken are in Edmonton and the Wild are domestic in opposition to Buffalo.
