With 38 seconds left in Wednesday’s game Mason Shaw guided in an empty net goal to put the Wild up 4-2, securing a big win, though not overshadowing a concerning injury to Kirill Kaprizov.
Minnesota picked up four even strength goals in an impressive performance in which Winnipeg outshot the Wild 48-23 off the back of a shootout loss to Calgary Tuesday night.
The Wild’s 4-2 win brings them even on points with Dallas for first in the Central. Dallas holds the tiebreaker and have a game in hand.
Ryan Hartman takes the energy right out of the building after a Jets goal with one of his own! đź’Ş #mnwild pic.twitter.com/iG6zjOyQsp
— FanDuel Sports Network North (@FanDuelSN_NOR) March 9, 2023
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped a season-high 46 shots as the Wild moved to 9-0-2 in their last 11 games.
Kirill Kaprizov left the game in the third period with a lower-body injury after being folded up by the Jets’ Logan Stanley. The severity of his injury is unknown.
Kirill Kaprizov got folded in half by Stanley and left the ice pic.twitter.com/qVgWEzVgwP
— CJ Fogler 🫡 (@cjzero) March 9, 2023
Minnesota are back in action Saturday in San Jose with a 9:30pm puck drop against the Sharks.
