nhl Game Recap
St. Louis Falls 8-5 to Wild - Recap
Ryan Hartman scored a pair of goals against the Blues as Minnesota handed St. Louis a 8-5 defeat on Wednesday at Enterprise Center.
The Wild were a -126 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.0.
Minnesota got goals from Ryan Hartman(2), Mason Shaw, Joel Eriksson Ek, Oskar Sundqvist, Alex Goligoski, Ryan Reaves, and John Klingberg in the victory. Eriksson opened the scoring at 12:10 of the first period.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 31 of 36 St. Louis shots in the victory.
Pavel Buchnevich(3), and Jakub Vrana(2) scored for the Blues, finding the net behind Marc-Andre Fleury.
Thomas Greiss stopped 8 of 11 shots for the Blues, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Minnesota scored 2 times on 4 chances on the power play, while St. Louis went 3-for-5 with the man advantage.
Minnesota lost the shots on goal battle to St. Louis by a margin of 36-35.
Minnesota looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Bruins. The Blues will aim to get back on the winning track at Washington.