nhl Game Recap
Minnesota Ices Ottawa 6-4 - Recap
Eric Staal scored a pair of goals against the Senators as Minnesota handed Ottawa a 6-4 defeat on Wednesday at Xcel Energy Center.
Minnesota was favored by -261 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Eric Staal(2), Matt Dumba(2), Eric Fehr, and Jordan Greenway each scored for the Wild in the victory. Greenway opened the scoring for Minnesota.
Alex Stalock stopped 1 of 1 Ottawa shots in the victory.
Ottawa got goals from Thomas Chabot, Christian Jaros, Chris Tierney, and Colin White in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Ottawa got a 28-stop effort from Craig Anderson in the loss.
On the power play, Minnesota went 2-for-4, while the Senators were 0-for-4 with the man advantage.
Ottawa lost the shots on goal battle to Minnesota by a margin of 34-27.
Minnesota heads into a battle against the Jets. Ottawa, meanwhile, will have their next action against Dallas.