Jesper Wallstedt made 42 saves in regulation and stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout round to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night in Saint Paul, Minn.
Matt Boldy scored during regulation and scored the lone goal during the shootout round for Minnesota, which won its third straight game. Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist and Brock Faber also scored.
Jackson Blake scored two goals to lead Carolina, which earned a point in the standings. Sebastian Aho also scored a goal.
Wallstedt shined during overtime and the shootout round. He denied Blake on a breakaway opportunity late in overtime with a kick save, and he delighted the home crowd with a kick save and a glove save during the shootout round.
Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen allowed three goals on 19 shots.
Carolina pulled its goaltender for an extra attacker in the final two minutes of regulation, and the strategy paid off. Blake evened the score at 3-all when he tapped the puck between just past the goal line with 1:06 to go.
The Wild opened the scoring 1:54 into the first period. Faber redirected a long shot by Zuccarello into the back of the net.
Boldy followed with his first career short-handed goal to put the Wild on top 2-0 with 8:14 to go in the first period. He raced in on a mini-breakaway and scored on a wrist shot.
Carolina got on the scoreboard with 5:57 remaining in the second. Blake worked his way in front of the net and tipped a shot past Wallstedt for the goal.
The Wild made it 3-1 in the first 15 seconds of the third period. Zuccarello got on a breakaway and capitalized by flipping a shot over Andersen’s shoulder and into the net.
Aho scored to pull the Hurricanes within 3-2 with 13:26 remaining. He received a pass from Andrei Svechnikov and snapped a wrist shot from the left circle for the goal.
–Field Level Media
