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Wild beat Sharks 6-2 for third win in a row | |
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Mats Zuccarello had a goal and three assists, and the Minnesota Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 6-2 on Monday night for their third consecutive win. It was the highest scoring game of the season for Minnesota, which is rounding into form after being sidelined for a couple weeks this month because of COVID-19 protocols. Victor Rask had a goal and two assists for the Wild, who improved to 3-1 on their five-game road trip. Kirill Kaprizov, Marcus Foligno, Ian Cole and Jonas Brodin also scored, and Kaapo Kahkonen made 31 saves. MORE | |
| Leaders | |||||
| Points: | L. Couture | 16 | |||
| Plus/Minus: | L. Couture | 5 | |||
| Shots on Goal: | T. Meier | 55 | |||
| PIM: | E. Kane | 28 | |||
| Win: | M. Jones | 6 | |||
| Shutouts: | None | ||||
| Offense (Rank) | |||||
| Goals: | 43 (25) | ||||
| Shots: | 523 (19) | ||||
| PP%: | 15.7% (24) | ||||
| Penalty Minutes: | 153 (17) | ||||
| Assists: | 69 (27) | ||||
| SH Goals: | 1 (18) | ||||
| Defense (Rank) | |||||
| Goals Against: | 63 (6) | ||||
| Shots Against: | 550 (15) | ||||
| PK%: | 76.2% (23) | ||||
| Penalty Minutes: | 139 (22) | ||||
| Shutouts: | 0 (27) | ||||
| Sv%: | 0.885 (30) | ||||
| Injuries | ||
| Date | Player | Status |
| 2/24 | T. Hertl | COVID-19 protocol (day-to-day) |
| 2/22 | D. Gambrell | Undisclosed injury (day-to-day) |
| 2/13 | R. Simek | Upper-body injury - left game (IR) |
| 2/13 | E. Karlsson | Lower-body injury - left game (IR) |
| Transactions | ||
| Date | Player | Transactions |
| 2/23 | J. Middleton | Designated for assignment Taxi squad |
| 2/23 | F. Claesson | Designated for assignment Taxi squad |
| 2/23 | N. Meloche | Designated for assignment Taxi squad |
| 2/23 | M. Letunov | Sent to minors San Jose-AHL |
| 2/22 | J. Middleton | Called up from minors from taxi squad |
| 2/22 | N. Meloche | Called up from minors from taxi squad |
| 2/22 | F. Claesson | Called up from minors from taxi squad |
| 2/22 | M. Letunov | Designated for assignment Taxi squad |
| 2/21 | O. Wiesblatt | Assigned to Junior Club Prince Albert-WHL |
| 2/21 | T. Robins | Assigned to Junior Club Saskatoon-WHL |
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