Jesper Wallstedt stands tall as Wild edge Canes in shootout
Jesper Wallstedt stopped all three shootout attempts and made 43 saves as the Wild improved to 7-1-1 in November with a 4-3 shootout victory over the Hurricanes.
- On Wednesday night in St. Paul, the Minnesota Wild beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in a shootout, with Matt Boldy scoring the lone tiebreaking backhand.
- Facing heavy shots from Carolina, the Hurricanes erased two-goal deficits with late third-period goals by Sebastian Aho and Jackson Blake, forcing overtime.
- Rookie Jesper Wallstedt made nine second-period saves and stopped Jackson Blake on an overtime breakaway, then denied Seth Jarvis, Andrei Svechnikov and Taylor Hall in the shootout.
- The victory moved Minnesota Wild to 7-1-1 in November and comes before a three-game, pre-Thanksgiving road trip starting Friday, extending their franchise scoring-first streak to 10 games.
- Wallstedt's shutout streak reached a 175:12 scoreless run, fourth-longest in Wild history, ending with the first five-on-five goal allowed in over 302 minutes and snapping his 95 consecutive saves streak.
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Without the injured Marco Rossi, Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League wrote on Wednesday (local time) the third win in series. Goalie Jesper Wallstedt stood out at 4:3 after Penalty shooting in the home game against the Carolina Hurricanes. The Swede parried 42 shots of the Hurricanes and did not allow himself to be defeated in the decision.Minnesota is currently in eighth place in the Western Conference.
Jesper Wallstedt's dominant goaltending helps lift Wild over Hurricanes, 4-3 in shootout
ST, PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jesper Wallstedt stopped a career-high 42 shots and three more in a shootout, Matt Boldy scored in regulation and had the lone goal in the tiebreaker in the Minnesota Wild’s 4-3 victory over the Carolina…
Wallstedt, Boldy carry surging Wild past Hurricanes, 4-3 in shootout
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jesper Wallstedt stopped a career-high 42 shots and three more in a shootout, Matt Boldy scored in regulation and had the lone goal in the tiebreaker in the Minnesota Wild's 4-3 victory over the Carolina…
Wallstedt, Boldy carry surging Wild past Hurricanes, 4-3 in shootout
Jesper Wallstedt stopped a career-high 42 shots and three more in a shootout, Matt Boldy scored in regulation and had the lone goal in the tiebreaker in the Minnesota Wild’s 4-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night.
Wallstedt, Boldy carry surging Wild past Hurricanes, 4-3 in shootout
Jesper Wallstedt stopped a career-high 42 shots and three more in a shootout, Matt Boldy scored in regulation and had the lone goal in the tiebreaker in the Minnesota Wild’s 4-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night
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