nhl Game Recap
Hurricanes vs Wild Final: 5-2 - Recap
The Wild came up short Thursday against the Hurricanes, falling 5-2.
Carolina was favored by -171 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
Carolina got goals from Martin Necas, Teuvo Teravainen, Brady Skjei, Jalen Chatfield, and Brent Burns in the victory. Burns opened the scoring at 9:07 of the second period.
Frederik Andersen turned in a 29-save effort for the Hurricanes.
Minnesota got goals from Kirill Kaprizov, and Matt Boldy in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Minnesota got a 24-stop effort from Marc-Andre Fleury in the loss.
Carolina scored 2 times on 7 chances on the power play, while Minnesota went 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
Minnesota outshot Carolina 31-29 in the game.
Carolina looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Islanders. The Wild will aim to get back on the winning track at Florida.