Minnesota 5, San Jose 2
When: 10:30 PM ET, Thursday, November 7, 2024
Where: SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, California
Referees:
Kendrick Nicholson, Carter Sandlak
Linesmen:
Jonathan Deschamps, Travis Toomey
Attendance:
10526
By Field Level Media
Matt Boldy scored twice and Kirill Kaprizov had three assists as the visiting Minnesota Wild collected a 5-2 win over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday.
The Wild are 6-1-1 on the road with a league-leading 13 away points.
Zach Bogosian, Mats Zuccarello and Jonas Brodin had the other goals for the Wild, who have won four of their past five games.
Kaprizov is second in the NHL with 24 points (seven goals, 17 assists). The star forward has five three-point performances in 13 games this season.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 24 of 26 shots. Fleury played his 1,029th NHL game, tying Patrick Roy for the third on the all-time list for goaltenders.
Macklin Celebrini scored both of San Jose's goals while Henry Thrun and Mikael Granlund each had two assists. It was the first career multi-goal game for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 draft, who has three goals in his three NHL games.
Vitek Vanecek made 26 saves on 30 shots for the Sharks, who finished 3-2 on a five-game homestand.
Bogosian's second goal in as many games opened the scoring for Minnesota 2:22 into the game. The Wild's early lead stood until Celebrini's equalizer at 4:36 of the second period.
San Jose outshot Minnesota 13-10 in the second, but the Wild put four pucks into the net. Video reviews overturned would-be goals by Joel Eriksson Ek and Ryan Hartman, but valid goals from Zuccarello and Boldy restored the Wild's lead.
At 8:01 of the second, the Wild kept the puck in San Jose's zone for an extended stretch, and Kaprizov delivered a nice pass to Zuccarello in front of the Sharks' net for the conversion. Kaprizov earned another assist on Boldy's power-play tally at the 13:26 mark.
Boldy's goal ended multi-game special-teams streaks for both teams. Minnesota hadn't scored on its previous 16 power plays, while the Sharks had killed off their previous 18 penalties.
Brodin scored a deflected goal off Cody Ceci at 6:02 of the third. Celebrini narrowed the deficit at the 16:08 mark, but Boldy's empty-net strike two minutes later sealed Minnesota's victory.
The Wild are 10-2-1 in their past 13 games against the Sharks, dating back to the 2020-21 season.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Minnesota |
|
San Jose |
|
Kirill Kaprizov 3 |
Points |
Macklin Celebrini 2 |
|
Matt Boldy 2 |
Goals |
Macklin Celebrini 2 |
|
Kirill Kaprizov 3 |
Assists |
Mikael Granlund 2 |
|
Matt Boldy 1 |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Marc-Andre Fleury .923 |
Save Percentage |
Vitek Vanecek .867 |
|
Marc-Andre Fleury 24 |
Saves |
Vitek Vanecek 26 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Minnesota
|
31 |
5 |
1-3 |
3-3 |
6 |
21 |
| San Jose
|
26 |
2 |
0-3 |
2-3 |
6 |
35 |
Upcoming Games
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San Jose will play their next game on the road against New Jersey. The Sharks have a W/L % of .400 after a win and .200 after a loss.
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Minnesota will play their next game on the road against Anaheim. The Wild have a W/L % of .667 after a win and .750 after a loss.
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