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Minnesota Wild vs San Jose Sharks Wrap - San Jose Wins 4-2

The Wild came up short Wednesday against the Sharks, falling 4-2.

San Jose was an underdog by +132 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

San Jose got goals from Evander Kane, Rudolfs Balcers, Ryan Donato, and Nikolai Knyzhov in the victory. Balcers opened the scoring at 4:41 of the second period.

Martin Jones turned in a 26-save effort for the Sharks.

Minnesota got goals from Mats Zuccarello, and Kirill Kaprizov in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Minnesota got a 29-stop effort from Kaapo Kahkonen in the loss.

San Jose scored 1 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Minnesota went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

San Jose outshot Minnesota 33-28 in the game.

San Jose heads into a battle against the Kings. Minnesota, meanwhile, will have their next action against Vegas.