The Minnesota Wild and New York Rangers played against each other for the first time this season on Monday evening, October 20, in New York. The Wild added another to their injury list on this road trip having already lost Zach Bogosian, but they added Marco Rossi after he blocked a shot in their previous game, a loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. The Rangers were without Vincent Trochek establish a reserve for the injured earlier in the week.
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Filip Gustavsson was back in net for the Wild, while Igor Shesterkin was in net for the Rangers. The game got off to a fast start for both teams as the Rangers took the lead and the Wild’s only response was the Wild taking the lead in the final period. They held the lead for the rest of the period and added another goal take the 3-1 victory. This moved the Wild to a record of 3-3-1 and the Rangers to 3-4-1.
Summary of the game
It didn’t take long for the scoring to start in this game as the Rangers took the lead less than a minute into the opening period. The goal was scored by Artemi Panarin, he was assisted by Mika Zibanejad and Will Borgen. The Wild responded to a goal from Jonas Brodin just five minutes later, making the score 1-1. He was assisted by Matt Boldy and Joel Erikson Ek. Those were the only goals of the period and they went into the second tie.
In the second period there were quite a few chances for both teams, but neither was able to take the lead and the match ended in a draw. The Wild got the jump in the third period with a goal from Danila Yurov, the first of his NHL career to take a 2-1 lead. He was assisted by Marcus Johansson.
The Wild added one more to seal the victory after an empty-net goal scored by Kirill Kaprizov. He was assisted by Ryan Hartman to take a 3–1 lead, earning the victory and ending their losing streak after three games.
The Wild have one more game against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday, October 22 before heading home. The Rangers stay home to host the San Jose Sharks on Thursday, October 23.
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