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Minnesota Wild vs Arizona Coyotes Wrap - Arizona Wins 5-2

Tyler Pitlick scored a pair of goals against the Wild as Arizona handed Minnesota a 5-2 defeat on Saturday at Gila River Arena.

Arizona was an underdog by +127 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

Arizona got goals from Tyler Pitlick(2), Conor Garland, Lawson Crouse, and Jakob Chychrun in the victory. Crouse opened the scoring at 1:25 of the second period.

Darcy Kuemper stopped 32 of 34 Minnesota shots in the victory.

Minnesota got goals from Jordan Greenway, and Matt Dumba in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Minnesota got a 26-stop effort from Cam Talbot in the loss.

On the power play, Arizona went 1-for-4, while the Wild were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

Minnesota outshot Arizona 34-31 in the game.

Next game, Arizona takes its act on the road to face Colorado looking for another win. For Minnesota, they head home to face Vegas.