SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Matt Boldy was the lone scorer in the shootout, leading the Minnesota Wild to a 5-4 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Tuesday night.
Minnesota’s Marco Rossi scored with 43.2 seconds left in regulation to force overtime. Kirill Kaprizov scored his 18th goal of the season and Marat Khusnutdinov and Marcus Johansson also scored for the Wild. Filip Gustavsson finished the game with 21 saves.
Clayton Keller scored two goals in the third period to bring the Utah Hockey Club back from a one-goal deficit. Kevin Stenlund and Juuso Valimaki also scored, and Karel Vejmelka made 34 saves.
Utah lost its fifth straight home game. Minnesota won for the sixth time in seven games.
The Wild erased a 1-0 deficit late in the second after scoring two goals in 36 seconds. Khusnutdinov tied the score when he raced unhindered through the middle and fired the puck past Vejmelka. Minnesota took a 2-1 lead after Kaprizov took the puck from Olli Maatta and scored a successful counterattack.
Keller got Utah back on track with two goals in the third period, both on the power play. Valimaki’s goal gave Utah a 4-3 lead with 8:15 left before Rossi forced overtime.
Takeaways
Wild: Minnesota dominated defense in the first two periods, allowing just 12 shots on goal before slowing down a bit in a chaotic third period.
Utah: Keller has 22 points in 28 career games against Minnesota after scoring his eighth and ninth goals of the season.
Key moment
Rossi gave the Wild new life when he shot the puck through two sets of legs and over Vejmelka’s hip for the tying goal.
Key statistics
Minnesota has recorded 12 away wins in 17 games to lead the league.
Next
Minnesota returns home for five straight games, starting Thursday with Edmonton. Utah visits Colorado on Thursday.
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