The Minnesota Wild hosted the Calgary Flames on Sunday evening, November 9, to start a five-game homestand. The Wild had Mats Zuccarello back in the lineup when he rejoined the roster on their recent road trip, but still without Zach Bogosian and Nico Sturm. The Flames were without Martin Pospisil and Zayne Parekh due to injuries.
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Jesper Wallstedt was in net for the Wild and Devin Cooley was in net for the Flames. The game started the first period scoreless. The Wild took the lead in the second and held it until the end because they won 2-0. This moved the Wild’s record to 7-7-3 and the Flames to 4-11-2.
Summary of the game
Despite some small chances for both teams, including several shots on the post, the first period ended scoreless. It wasn’t until late in the second period that either goaltender was beaten, and it was the Wild who scored first.
The goal was scored by Matt Boldy and he was assisted by Marcus Johansson, playing in his thousandth game, and Joel Eriksson Ek to make it 1–0. That was the only goal of the second period and the Wild took the lead in the third.
There was only one goal in the third period and it was an empty net goal from Kirill Kaprizov, putting his team up 2-0. He was assisted by Eriksson Ek and Boldy to secure the win and give Wallstedt his first shutout of the season.
The Wild stay home to host the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday, November 11. The Flames remain on the road to face the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday.
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