Jesper Wallstedt made 42 saves through regulation and overtime, then stopped all three shots he faced in a shootout 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 tallied the lone goal during the shootout for Minnesota, which won its third straight game. Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist, and Brock Faber also scored. Wallstedt shined during overtime and the shootout. He denied Jackson Blake on a breakaway opportunity late in overtime with a kick save, and delighted the home crowd with a kick save and a glove save during the shootout.
Blake scored twice to lead Carolina, which is 2-0-2 in its past four games. Sebastian Aho also scored and Frederik Andersen allowed three goals on 18 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 when Faber redirected a long shot by Zuccarello. 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. Carolina got on the scoreboard with 5:57 remaining in the second on Blake’s tip-in. After the Wild made it 3-1 early in the third, Aho scored to pull the Hurricanes within 3-2 with 13:26 remaining.
Flames 6, Sabres 2
Joel Farabee scored twice and Rasmus Andersson scored once and added two assists to lead visiting Calgary over Buffalo.
Morgan Frost and Matt Coronato both collected one goal and one assist, while Yegor Sharangovich, Jonathan Huberdeau and Nazem Kadri all netted two assists. Goaltender Devin Cooley made 28 saves to net his first win of the season and first in the NHL since April 11, 2024, with the San Jose Sharks.
After blowing a 2-0 lead, the Flames recovered with four unanswered goals in the final frame. Mattias Samuelsson had a goal and an assist and Tage Thompson also scored for the Sabres, who had a two-game winning streak snapped. Goalie Colten Ellis stopped 29 shots.
Capitals 7, Oilers 4
Rookie Ryan Leonard recorded his first career two-goal game to fuel host Washington to a victory over Edmonton.
Superstar captain Alex Ovechkin scored his 904th career goal to help his Capitals improve to 9-4-2 in 15 all-time meetings against fellow three-time Hart Trophy recipient Connor McDavid and the Oilers. Aliaksei Protas and Anthony Beauvillier also tallied and Tom Wilson added a pair of empty-net goals for Washington. Connor McMichael and defenseman John Carlson each had three assists and Logan Thompson made 26 saves for the Capitals.
Edmonton defenseman Darnell Nurse scored two goals in the first period and David Tomasek and Leon Draisaitl each tallied in the third. McDavid notched two assists and Stuart Skinner turned aside 14 shots for the Oilers, who have lost six of their last nine games (3-5-1).
Ducks 4, Bruins 3
Defenseman Ian Moore scored the go-ahead goal with 3:35 left in the third period and Lukas Dostal made 36 saves, lifting Anaheim to a win over visiting Boston.
After the Bruins rallied from 2-0 and 3-1 deficits to tie the score on Morgan Geekie’s second goal of the game at 7:39 of the third, Moore took Leo Carlsson’s pass to the high slot and teed up a slap shot that fluttered off a body in front and past goalie Joonas Korpisalo.
Jansen Harkins, Radko Gudas and Ryan Strome also scored and Mason McTavish recorded two assists for the Ducks, who are on a six-game home winning streak. In addition to Geekie’s pair, Michael Eyssimont also netted a goal, Hampus Lindholm dished out two assists and Korpisalo stopped 29 shots for the Bruins, who have lost three of four.
–Field Level Media
