nhl Game Recap
Minnesota Ices Montreal 3-0 - Recap
Montreal was shut out 3-0 on Thursday, stoned by Filip Gustavsson who stopped all 19 shots fired his way.
Minnesota won as a -252 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played UNDER the total of 6.0 were rewarded at the payout window.
Minnesota got goals from Matt Boldy, Kirill Kaprizov, and Marco Rossi in the victory. Boldy opened the scoring at 12:43 of the second period.
Filip Gustavsson turned in a 19-save effort for the Wild.
Sam Montembeault stopped 25 of 27 shots for the Canadiens, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Minnesota went 1-for-3, while the Canadiens were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Montreal lost the shots on goal battle to Minnesota by a margin of 28-19.
Minnesota heads into a battle against the Stars. Montreal, meanwhile, will have their next action against Columbus.