Matt Boldy scored his second goal of the night in overtime as the Minnesota Wild outlasted the host Winnipeg Jets 4-3 on Saturday night.
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and two assists while Mats Zuccarello scored and picked up an assist. Quinn Hughes had three helpers in the win in support of Wild netminder Jesper Wallstedt, who saved 23 pucks.
Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele each had a goal and an assist in the loss. Josh Morrissey was the other goal scorer for the Jets while Gabriel Vilardi chipped in two assists. Connor Hellebuyck made 15 stops for Winnipeg.
The Jets got on the board first at the 11:36 mark of the first period. Connor carried the puck into the zone and found Morrissey open in the slot from the corner boards, allowing Morrissey to step in and beat Wallstedt with a slap shot to give Winnipeg a 1-0 lead.
Minnesota tied the game 1-1 with 1:31 remaining in the opening frame. Boldy won a battle in front of the net to deflect a point shot from Jared Spurgeon into Winnipeg’s net to send both teams into the first intermission knotted up.
The Wild took the lead at 7:33 of the second period. Following a chance by the Jets in the Minnesota zone, Zuccarello sprung Kaprizov on a breakout. Kaprizov got past defenseman Dylan DeMelo and beat Hellebuyck with a backhand to give Minnesota a 2-1 lead.
Winnipeg responded before the end of the period, generating sustained pressure that led to Connor scoring on a shot with 2:04 remaining to tie the game 2-2. Scheifele followed that with a wrist shot directly off a faceoff win by Jonathan Toews with three seconds left to give the Jets a 3-2 lead after 40 minutes.
A late cross-checking penalty to DeMelo with 30 seconds left in regulation gave the Wild life and Zuccarello took advantage, converting on a 6-on-4 opportunity to tie the game up at 3-3 with 22 seconds remaining.
Boldy finished off the game with a snapshot on a feed from Hughes 39 seconds into overtime to give Minnesota its first win following back-to-back losses and the Wild’s eighth win in 10 games.
–Field Level Media
