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Minnesota Wild vs San Jose Sharks Wrap - Minnesota Wins 6-3

Minnesota skated to a 6-3 victory over San Jose on Saturday in NHL action at SAP Center at San Jose.

The Wild were a -116 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 5.5.

Minnesota got goals from Ryan Suter, Nick Bonino, Kevin Fiala, Jared Spurgeon, Marcus Foligno, and Kirill Kaprizov in the victory. Suter opened the scoring at 0:19 of the first period.

Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 27 of 30 San Jose shots in the victory.

Evander Kane, Joachim Blichfeld, and Logan Couture scored for the Sharks, finding the net behind Kaapo Kahkonen.

San Jose got a 15-stop effort from Josef Korenar in the loss.

On the power play, Minnesota went 1-for-3, while the Sharks were 0-for-0 with the man advantage.

Minnesota lost the shots on goal battle to San Jose by a margin of 30-26.

Next game, Minnesota takes its act home to face St. Louis looking for another win. For San Jose, they head home to face Arizona.