nhl Game Recap
Seattle Falls 6-3 to Wild - Recap
Minnesota got a pair of goals from Joel Eriksson Ek as the Wild skated to a 6-3 victory over Seattle on Friday at Xcel Energy Center.
Minnesota was favored by -285 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Minnesota got goals from Joel Eriksson Ek(2), Ryan Hartman, Nicolas Deslauriers, Mats Zuccarello, and Kirill Kaprizov in the victory. Eriksson opened the scoring at 16:01 of the first period.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 25 of 28 Seattle shots in the victory.
Seattle got goals from Daniel Sprong, Matty Beniers, and Yanni Gourde in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Seattle got a 30-stop effort from Philipp Grubauer in the loss.
Minnesota scored 3 times on 5 chances on the power play, while Seattle went 1-for-2 with the man advantage.
Minnesota outshot Seattle 36-28 in the game.
Minnesota heads into a battle against the Predators. Seattle, meanwhile, will have their next action against Dallas.