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Mats Zuccarello scored for the third time in
two games, and Cam Talbot (14-6-3) allowed two goals on 22 shots
to go to 10-2-2 in his last 14 starts since March 12.
Minnesota moved to 16-4-0 at home -- an .800 winning percentage.
The 2006-07 club owns the franchise record with a .768 mark.
San Jose's Tomas Hertl and Evander Kane netted goals, and Martin
Jones made 15 saves for the Sharks, who lost their fourth
straight and are 3-5-0 in April.
Patrick Marleau skated in his 1,766th career game -- one short
of tying Hall of Famer Gordie Howe for the most games played in
NHL history.
In the first of back-to-back games in Minnesota, the Sharks went
up 1-0 when Hertl sailed through the neutral zone, banked a pass
to himself off the side boards and snapped home his 13th from
the left dot 3:32 into the teams' sixth meeting.
The Wild started sluggishly -- outshot 6-1 over nine minutes
into the first -- and did not produce much until a San Jose
miscue near Jones led to a free puck that Bonino whacked from
the high slot.
The shot fluttered by Jones and found the twine to even the
score at 1-1 at 9:30. Unassisted on the tally, Bonino scored for
the sixth time.
In the second, Minnesota went up 2-1 after a faceoff win by
Victor Rask, who kicked the puck over to Zuccarello for his
ninth marker at 2:15.
Just 65 seconds later, the fourth line was at it as Parise
started a play by banking a pass in the offensive zone back to
Bonino, who posted a marker and two helpers in Wednesday's 5-2
victory over visiting Arizona. Parise swooped around the net and
chipped in his sixth goal off a pass wide of Jones from Matt
Dumba.
Kane stole a puck in San Jose's defensive end and raced in for a
short-handed goal to cut it to 3-2 at 13:43 of the third, but
Minnesota held on for the win.
--Field Level Media
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