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With former New Jersey Devils and Nashville
Predators boss Hynes behind the Minnesota bench, Eriksson Ek
recorded his team-leading 11th goal by scoring in a third
straight contest, Gaudreau notched his first point of 2022-23
and Matt Boldy added a third-period insurance tally to halt the
team's 0-5-2 slide.
Minnesota goalie Filip Gustavsson stopped 23 shots and the Wild
killed a four-minute high-sticking penalty to Boldy issued at
7:55 of the third period.
St. Louis entered a winner in three of four amid an 8-4-0
stretch but managed only defenseman Colton Parayko's fourth goal
of the season. The Blues' Jordan Binnington kept his team in the
game by stopping 34 shots, including all 17 he faced in the
second period.
Desperate for a strong start, the Wild delivered by opening the
scoring just 2:41 into the game. Moments after Minnesota killed
off a St. Louis power play, Mats Zuccarello possessed the puck
behind the net on a broken play, then found Eriksson Ek on the
doorstep to beat Binnington.
The Blues answered at 10:30 of the opening frame. With St. Louis
pressuring in the Minnesota zone, the puck found its way to the
left circle, where Parayko sent a wrister past Gustavsson.
The Wild regained the lead at 18:10 of the first. Scoreless in
his first nine games of the season, Gaudreau sent a shot through
the legs of teammate Marcus Foligno, who screened Binnington,
and into the net.
Minnesota outshot the Blues 17-5 during a scoreless second
period, then put the game away on Boldy's successful breakaway
goal with 2:52 remaining in the contest.
--Field Level Media
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