nhl Game Recap
St. Louis Skates Past Minnesota 5-4 - Recap
Ryan O'Reilly was the difference, potting a pair for St. Louis on Thursday as the Blues skated off with a 5-4 victory over the Wild at Xcel Energy Center.
St. Louis won as a +144 underdog, while Over-Under bettors who played OVER the total of 5.5 were rewarded at the payout window.
St. Louis got goals from Ryan O'Reilly(2), Sammy Blais, Marco Scandella, and Tyler Bozak in the victory. Blais opened the scoring at 3:14 of the first period.
Ville Husso stopped 26 of 30 Minnesota shots in the victory.
Joel Eriksson Ek, Kevin Fiala, Victor Rask, and Kirill Kaprizov scored for the Wild, finding the net behind Ville Husso.
Minnesota got a 16-stop effort from Cam Talbot in the loss.
On the power play, St. Louis went 1-for-2, while the Wild were 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
St. Louis lost the shots on goal battle to Minnesota by a margin of 30-21.