Wild slam Blues to keep points streak alive
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[March 16, 2023]
Ryan Hartman had two goals and an assist as the visiting
Minnesota Wild rallied past the St. Louis Blues 8-5 Wednesday to extend
their point streak to 14 games.
Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and two assists and Ryan Reaves and Alex
Goligoski had a goal and an assist for the Wild, who are 11-0-3 during
their streak. |
Mar 15, 2023; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; St.
Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington (50) defends the net against
Minnesota Wild left wing Matt Boldy (12) during the first period at
Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports |
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John Klingberg, Oskar Sundqvist and Mason Shaw
also scored for Minnesota. Matt Boldy and Sam Steel had two
assists and Marc-Andre Fleury made 31 saves.
Minnesota erased a 3-1 deficit with a five-goal outburst during
the second period.
Pavel Buchnevich scored a hat trick and Jakub Vrana scored twice
for the Blues, who have won just three of their last 13 games.
Torey Krug had three assists and Robert Thomas had two.
Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington allowed five goals on 24
shots before getting ejected in the second period.
Buchnevich started the scoring after Krug's wide shot came back
to him in front of the net. Minnesota tied the game with
Eriksson Ek's power-play rebound conversion.
Vrana put the Blues up 3-1 by scoring twice with the man
advantage.
The Wild countered by scoring three times during a 1:58 span of
the second period to move ahead 4-3.
First, Klingberg scored from the blue line by shooting across
the grain. Sundqvist jammed in a rebound to tie the game, then
Shaw capped the rally by converting Reaves' cross-ice pass.
Buchnevich tied the game 4-4 when his pass toward Thomas caromed
off Wild defenseman Jon Merrill's skate.
Hartman restored the Wild's lead with a power-play goal. He
brushed Binnington while celebrating, prompting Binnington to
hit him in the head with his blocker and earn a match penalty.
Goligoski's breakaway goal with 6:02 left in the second period
made it 6-4.
Reaves pushed the lead to 7-4 in the third period by winning a
goalmouth scramble. Hartman made it 8-4 after stealing a pass
from goaltender Thomas Greiss, then Buchnevich completed his hat
trick for the Blues.
--Field Level Media
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