Jesper Wallstedt made 28 saves in his second consecutive shutout and the Minnesota Wild gained 2-0 in opposition to the visiting Anaheim Geese on Saturday night in St. Paul, Minn.
Wallstedt, a first-round choose of the Wild in 2021 who turned 23 on Friday, made 36 saves in a 2-0 win in opposition to the Calgary Flames final Sunday. He has two shutouts in six begins this season and three in 11 begins in his three-year NHL profession.
The Geese got here in because the second-highest scoring staff within the NHL at 3.88 targets per sport.
Matt Boldy had a purpose and an help and Marcus Johansson additionally scored for the Wild, who’ve a four-game level streak (3-0-1).
Lukas Dostal was given the night time off within the finale of the three-game journey and Petr Mrazek made 28 saves in his fourth begin of the season for the Geese, who’ve misplaced three straight (0-3-0) following a seven-game profitable streak.
After a scoreless first interval, the Wild scored 55 seconds into the second.
Ryan Hartman introduced the puck down the boards on the appropriate facet of the Anaheim zone below stress from Geese defenseman Jackson LaCombe.
Hartman dropped the puck off for a trailing Boldy, who was met by Anaheim defenseman Jacob Trouba on the prime of the appropriate circle. Boldy managed to poke a go forward to Johansson, who was a step forward of the Geese’ Ryan Strome reducing by the slot.
Johansson stopped the puck along with his forehand earlier than scoring with a backhand for a 1-0 lead.
Boldy scored into an empty internet with 55 seconds left to make it 2-0.
The Wild could not make the most of seven energy performs, together with two double-minor high-sticking penalties. The Geese, in the meantime, went 0-for-2 with the man-advantage.
The Geese performed with out ahead Mikael Granlund due to a lower-body harm. He missed eight video games with a lower-body harm earlier than scoring in a 6-3 loss on the Detroit Purple Wings on Thursday.
One other heart for Anaheim, Ryan Poehling, missed his second straight sport with an upper-body harm.
–Discipline Degree Media
