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Hurricanes vs Wild Final: 3-2 - Recap

The Wild came up short Tuesday against the Hurricanes, falling 3-2.

Carolina was favored by -137 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.0.

Carolina got goals from Jordan Staal, Stefan Noesen, and Andrei Svechnikov in the victory. Staal opened the scoring at 15:26 of the first period.

Pyotr Kochetkov turned in a 28-save effort for the Hurricanes.

Minnesota got goals from Jonas Brodin, and Connor Dewar in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Filip Gustavsson stopped 25 of 28 shots for the Wild, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

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

Minnesota outshot Carolina 30-28 in the game.

Carolina heads into a battle against the Blue Jackets. Minnesota, meanwhile, will have their next action against Nashville.