nhl Game Recap
Minnesota Ices Montreal 4-3 - Recap
The Canadiens came up short Thursday against the Wild, falling 4-3.
Minnesota was favored by -161 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Matt Boldy, Kirill Kaprizov, Marco Rossi, and Brock Faber each scored for the Wild in the victory. Boldy opened the scoring for Minnesota.
Filip Gustavsson turned in a 22-save effort for the Wild.
Nick Suzuki, David Savard, and Juraj Slafkovsky scored for the Canadiens, finding the net behind Filip Gustavsson.
Montreal got a 20-stop effort from Sam Montembeault in the loss.
On the power play, Minnesota went 2-for-6, while the Canadiens were 1-for-5 with the man advantage.
Minnesota lost the shots on goal battle to Montreal by a margin of 25-24.
Minnesota heads into a battle against the Bruins. Montreal, meanwhile, will have their next action against Chicago.