The Minnesota Wild fell to the San Jose Sharks 2-1 on Thursday night in San Jose.
Joe Pavelski’s go-ahead goal in the third period was the difference maker, as the Wild weren’t able to answer back.
A pair of Sharks with Minnesota connections had a lot to do with the San Jose victory. Former Wild player Brent Burns netted his ninth goal of the season to put San Jose on top 1-0, and Minnesota native Alex Stalock was solid in net.
Stalock stopped 18 of the 19 shots he faced. Wild goaltender Darcy Kuemper had a solid night of his own, he stopped 28 of the 30 shots he faced, but it wasn’t quite good enough.
Minnesota’s lone goal came with the Sharks leading 1-0 heading into the third period, but Christian Folin fired a shot from the point which got by Stalock to tie the score at one.
Christian Folin's first NHL goal ties it 63 seconds in
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But the Sharks answered right back as Pavelski put San Jose back on top when he beat Kuemper on a one-timer.
The Wild had a few chances to answer back, but they were not able to even the score.
Minnesota plays on Saturday at Phoenix.
Scoring Summary
2nd period: 14:51 PPG SJS Brent Burns (9) Slapshot – Assist: Justin Braun (11), Joe Thornton (18), 1-0 SJS
3rd period: 1:03 MIN Christian Folin (1) Slapshot – Assist: None 1-1 Tie
3rd period: 1:48 SJS Joe Pavelski (15) Wrist shot – Assist: Thornton (19), Brenden Dillon (3) 2-1 SJS
