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Minnesota Skates Past San Jose 8-7 - Recap
San Jose gave up 4 goals to Joel Eriksson Ek in their 8-7 loss to the Wild in NHL action on Wednesday.
Minnesota was favored by -331 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
Minnesota got goals from Joel Eriksson Ek(4), Kirill Kaprizov(2), Brock Faber, and Marcus Johansson in the victory. Johansson opened the scoring at 14:16 of the first period.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 24 of 31 San Jose shots in the victory.
San Jose got goals from Macklin Celebrini(3), Nikolai Kovalenko, Tyler Toffoli, Will Smith, and Carl Grundstrom in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
San Jose got a 36-stop effort from Alexandar Georgiev in the loss.
Minnesota scored 3 times on 4 chances on the power play, while San Jose went 0-for-0 with the man advantage.
Minnesota outshot San Jose 44-31 in the game.
Next game, Minnesota takes its act on the road to face Calgary looking for another win. For San Jose, they head on the road to face Edmonton.