nhl Game Recap
Minnesota Skates Past Montreal 5-2 - Recap
Minnesota earned a 5-2 victory over Montreal behind a 2-goal performance from Joel Eriksson Ek on Tuesday at Bell Centre.
Minnesota was favored by -138 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Joel Eriksson Ek(2), Kirill Kaprizov, Brandon Duhaime, and Connor Dewar each scored for the Wild in the victory. Duhaime opened the scoring for Minnesota.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 27 of 29 Montreal shots in the victory.
Montreal got goals from Alex Newhook, and Tanner Pearson in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Montreal got a 30-stop effort from Sam Montembeault in the loss.
Minnesota scored 3 times on 8 chances on the power play, while Montreal went 0-for-5 with the man advantage.
Minnesota outshot Montreal 35-29 in the game.
Minnesota heads into a battle against the Kings. Montreal, meanwhile, will have their next action against Washington.