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Mark Pysyk fired in a long shot in the closing
seconds that Aaron Ekblad tipped and then Acciari redirected in
for his 18th goal, giving Florida its season-high fifth
consecutive victory.
Keith Yandle scored his 99th career goal and assisted on three
markers, Aleksander Barkov scored and recorded an assist, and
Evgenii Dadonov and Vincent Trocheck netted goals for the
Panthers, who are 7-2-0 in January. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 29
shots.
Luke Kunin found the net twice, Jared Spurgeon had a goal and an
assist, and Zach Parise potted a goal for the Wild. Joel
Eriksson Ek and Ryan Suter posted two assists apiece, and Alex
Stalock made 20 saves. Victor Rask played in his 400th NHL game.
Frank Vatrano led a quick breakout for Florida in the first
period, then dropped a pass back to Mike Hoffman. The
high-scoring winger, known more for his one-timers, found Yandle
all alone on the far post for his fifth marker at 4:01.
The helper gave Hoffman a nine-game point streak (five goals,
six assists), the longest run by a Panthers player this season.
Florida's Anton Stralman committed a delay-of-game penalty late
in the opening period, creating Minnesota's second man
advantage. Spurgeon cashed in with 17 seconds remaining before
the intermission to tie the game at 1 -- the Wild's ninth
power-play goal in nine games.
Josh Brown's stretch pass went over half of the length of the
ice, sending Barkov in on a breakaway in the second period. The
Florida captain skated in and chipped the puck back high over
the goalie's glove at 7:28 for a 2-1 lead for the visitors.
Minnesota tied it when Kunin scored just the second short-handed
goal of the season against Florida, finishing a cross-ice pass
from Eriksson Ek at 10:59 of the middle period for his 11th
tally.
The Panthers grabbed their third lead when Dadonov scored his
10th power-play goal (and 22nd overall) by redirecting Yandle's
point shot at 2:02 of the third. However, Parise notched his
19th tally on the man advantage just 2:17 later to knot it at 3.
Minnesota took its first lead at 7:06 of the third when Kunin
scored his 12th of the season, but Trocheck evened the score at
4 with his seventh at 15:52.
--Field Level Media
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