SALT LAKE CITY— Matt Boldy was the lone scorer in the shootout, lifting the Minnesota Wild to a 5-4 win over Utah Hockey Club on Tuesday night.
Minnesota’s Marco Rossi scored with 43.2 seconds left to force overtime. Kirill Kaprizov scored his 18th goal of the season, and Marat Khusnutdinov and Marcus Johansson also scored for the Wild. Filip Gustavsson finished with 21 saves.
Clayton Keller scored twice in the third period to rally the Utah Hockey Club from a one-goal deficit. Kevin Stenlund and Juuso Valimaki also scored, and Karel Vejmelka made 34 saves.
Utah lost its fifth straight home game. Minnesota won for the sixth time in seven games.
The Wild erased a 1-0 deficit late in the second after scoring twice in a span of 36 seconds. Khusnutdinov evened the score when he ran unhindered up the middle and fired the puck past Vejmelka. Minnesota led 2-1 after Kaprizov cleared the puck from Olli Maatta and scored on a successful counterattack.
Keller rallied Utah with two goals in the third period, both coming on the power play. Valimaki’s goal with 8:15 remaining gave Utah a 4-3 lead before Rossi forced overtime.
Takeaways
Wild: Minnesota dominated defense through the first two periods, allowing just 12 shots on goal before slipping a bit during a chaotic third.
Utah: Keller has 22 points in 28 career games against Minnesota after scoring his eighth and ninth goals of the season.
Key moment
Rossi breathed new life into the Wild as he fired the puck through two pairs of legs and over Vejmelka’s hip for the equalizer.
Key stat
Minnesota has twelve road wins in the league, in seventeen games.
Next
Minnesota returns home for five straight games, starting with Edmonton on Thursday. Utah visits Colorado on Thursday.
