It was a nice night for Minnesota sports, as the Lynx, Wolves, and your Minnesota Wild were all victorious, the latter victorious 2-1.
Niklas Backstrom, who was held out of the game with a knee injury sustained in the first period of Minnesota’s 3-2 loss to Nashville Tuesday, watched Josh Harding fill his skates nicely, stopping 14 Winnipeg shots.
Harding has been lights out at home.
#mnwild Josh Harding improved to 23-9-2 all-time at home as a starter, 16-4-1 last 21 at home and 5-1-0 last 6. CC @HardingsHope
— Minnesota Wild PR (@mnwildPR) October 11, 2013
Matt Cooke assisted on the first Wild goal, scored by Jonas Brodin, before netting one of his own in the second off a rebound on a Torrey Mitchell shot.
The only goal Harding surrendered was a 5-on-3 in the first that was finished by Bryan Little, scoring on a deflection in front.
It’s the first Wild victory of the season, with the winner coming in the second, a period in which Minnesota has outshot opponents 54-19 this year.
Mike Yeo and Co. are back in action against the Dallas Stars, a 7 p.m. puck drop from the X Saturday.
