nhl Game Recap
Minnesota Skates Past Tampa Bay 4-2 - Recap
Kirill Kaprizov scored a pair of goals against the Lightning as Minnesota handed Tampa Bay a 4-2 defeat on Thursday at Amalie Arena.
Minnesota won as a +144 underdog, while Over-Under bettors who played PUSH the total of 6.0 were rewarded at the payout window.
Minnesota got goals from Kirill Kaprizov(2), Joel Eriksson Ek, and Matt Boldy in the victory. Kaprizov opened the scoring at 6:23 of the first period.
Marc-Andre Fleury turned in a 23-save effort for the Wild.
Nikita Kucherov, and Brandon Hagel scored for the Lightning, finding the net behind Marc-Andre Fleury.
Tampa Bay got a 14-stop effort from Andrei Vasilevskiy in the loss.
On the power play, Minnesota went 1-for-4, while the Lightning were 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
Tampa Bay outshot Minnesota 25-18 in the game.
Next game, Minnesota takes its act on the road to face Philadelphia looking for another win. For Tampa Bay, they head home to face Washington.