nhl Game Recap
Washington Falls 5-3 to Wild - Recap
Minnesota got a pair of goals from Marcus Johansson as the Wild skated to a 5-3 victory over Washington on Tuesday at Xcel Energy Center.
The Wild were a -158 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.0.
Minnesota got goals from Marcus Johansson(2), Joel Eriksson Ek, Marcus Foligno, and Brock Faber in the victory. Faber opened the scoring at 1:37 of the first period.
Filip Gustavsson stopped 31 of 34 Washington shots in the victory.
Washington got goals from Anthony Mantha(2), and T.J. Oshie in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Washington got a 25-stop effort from Darcy Kuemper in the loss.
Minnesota scored 0 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Washington went 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
Minnesota lost the shots on goal battle to Washington by a margin of 34-30.
Next game, Minnesota takes its act home to face Nashville looking for another win. For Washington, they head on the road to face Colorado.