The Minnesota Wild remained dwelling on Saturday night, Nov. 16, to face their division rival, the Dallas Stars. It was already going to be a giant check as these two groups at all times play one another arduous, however the Wild have been additionally with out Jonas Brodin, Joel Eriksson Ek, and Mats Zuccarello. Brodin and Eriksson Ek are listed as day-to-day, whereas Zuccarello will likely be out for a couple of weeks whereas he recovers from surgical procedure.
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The Wild had Filip Gustavsson in web to face off in opposition to Minnesota native Jake Oettinger for the Stars. Liam Öhgren was again within the lineup after spending the final couple of weeks with the Iowa Wild, and Michael Milne was additionally making his NHL debut for the Wild. The Wild struggled for lots of the sport, and the Stars got here out victorious, 2-1, regardless of a last-minute effort by the Wild to almost tie the sport. This end result moved the Wild to 11-3-3 and the Stars to 11-5-0.
Recreation Recap
The Wild and Stars went end-to-end by means of many of the first interval with some first rate probabilities and a few fights. The scoring didn’t begin till the ultimate three minutes of the interval when Mason Marchment for the Stars deflected an Ilya Lyubushkin shot to beat Gustavsson and provides their group a 1-0 lead. The Wild couldn’t do something within the closing couple of minutes, and the primary ended 1-0 in favor of the Stars.
Regardless of some probabilities for each side, the second interval remained scoreless, and the Stars carried a 1-0 lead into the third interval. The Wild made some huge errors within the second, however their goaltender Gustavsson stood robust and gave his group each probability to tie it.
Within the third interval, the Wild had a couple of probabilities however couldn’t convert earlier than Marchment received his second of the night time to place his group up 2-0 with lower than 10 minutes to play in regulation. It appeared just like the Wild would play on their heels the remainder of the night time till their captain, Jared Spurgeon, stepped up with a giant shot from the purpose that Kirill Kaprizov tipped in to get their group again inside one.
That effort gave his group a giant enhance, and the Wild managed the ultimate couple of minutes of the sport, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient, as Oettinger did his half to get his group the 2-1 win. The Wild is not going to follow on Sunday however will on Monday earlier than they face the St. Louis Blues on the street on Tuesday, Nov. 19. The Stars will head again dwelling to face the Anaheim Geese on Monday, Nov. 18.
