nhl Game Recap
St. Louis Skates Past Minnesota 6-5 - Recap
The Blues earned a 6-5 victory over the Wild on Saturday at Enterprise Center.
Bettors who backed the Blues were rewarded as -117 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go OVER the closing total of 6.5.
St. Louis got goals from Ivan Barbashev, David Perron, Brayden Schenn, Brandon Saad, Pavel Buchnevich, and Vladimir Tarasenko in the victory. Barbashev opened the scoring at 13:03 of the first period.
Ville Husso stopped 31 of 36 Minnesota shots in the victory.
Ryan Hartman(2), Kirill Kaprizov, Marcus Foligno, and Frederick Gaudreau scored for the Wild, finding the net behind Ville Husso.
Cam Talbot stopped 24 of 30 shots for the Wild, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
St. Louis scored 0 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Minnesota went 1-for-3 with the man advantage.
St. Louis lost the shots on goal battle to Minnesota by a margin of 36-30.
St. Louis looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Predators. The Wild will aim to get back on the winning track vs. San Jose.