nhl Game Recap
Minnesota Skates Past Ottawa 3-2 - Recap
Minnesota skated to a 3-2 victory over Ottawa on Tuesday in NHL action at Xcel Energy Center.
Minnesota was favored by -143 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Mason Shaw, Vinni Lettieri, and Matt Boldy each scored for the Wild in the victory. Shaw opened the scoring for Minnesota.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 30 of 32 Ottawa shots in the victory.
Ottawa got goals from Drake Batherson, and Jakob Chychrun in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Joonas Korpisalo stopped 17 of 20 shots for the Senators, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Minnesota went 0-for-4, while the Senators were 2-for-3 with the man advantage.
Minnesota lost the shots on goal battle to Ottawa by a margin of 32-20.
Minnesota looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Avalanche. The Senators will aim to get back on the winning track vs. Florida.