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Minnesota Wild vs New York Islanders Recap - Wild Win 3-1

Minnesota skated to a 3-1 victory over New York on Thursday in NHL action at UBS Arena.

Minnesota was favored by -110 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

Minnesota got goals from Sam Steel, Frederick Gaudreau, and Kirill Kaprizov in the victory. Gaudreau opened the scoring at 10:55 of the third period.

Filip Gustavsson stopped 19 of 20 New York shots in the victory.

Scott Mayfield scored for the Islanders, finding the net behind Filip Gustavsson.

Ilya Sorokin stopped 33 of 35 shots for the Islanders, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Minnesota scored 0 times on 5 chances on the power play, while New York went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.

Minnesota outshot New York 36-20 in the game.

Next game, Minnesota takes its act home to face Arizona looking for another win. For New York, they head home to face Montreal.