ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild clinched a spot within the playoffs in dramatic trend when Joel Eriksson Ek scored the tying objective with 20.9 seconds left in regulation, and Matt Boldy received the winner with 17.9 seconds remaining in additional time to beat the Anaheim Geese 3-2 on Tuesday.
The gang erupted once more when the Wild despatched retiring goalie Marc-Andre Fleury out for additional time. Fleury made 5 saves, keeping off a 4-on-3 energy play.
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With an empty web for the additional attacker, Boldy’s move throughout the slot arrange Eriksson Ek on the fringe of the crease. Geese goalie Lukas Dostal stopped his first attempt along with his stick, however a second whack on the puck received it throughout the road for his 14th objective of the season.
Rookie Sam Colangelo had the go-ahead objective halfway by way of the third interval, Alex Killorn scored and Dostal stopped 37 photographs for the Geese (35-37-9), who had been eradicated 11 days in the past from postseason rivalry.
Marcus Johansson scored for the Wild (45-30-7), who’ve the primary wild card spot and can face Vegas within the Western Convention quarterfinals.
Takeaways
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Geese: Rookie heart Tim Washe, who was signed as a school free agent on Monday from nationwide champion Western Michigan, made his NHL debut on the fourth line.
Wild: After some some no-shows down the stretch whereas they tried to patch collectively an offense with celebrity Kirill Kaprizov and their first-line heart Eriksson Ek out with accidents (each returned April 9), the Wild did sufficient to get in. They’re 5-5-2 of their final 12 video games with one win in regulation.
Key second
The Wild had been buzzing and seemingly on the verge of the go-ahead objective, when defenseman Jake Middleton — who returned from a four-game absence attributable to an upper-body harm — was caught out of place close to the boards and let the Geese get behind him for a 2-on-1.
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Mason MacTavish made Wild defenseman Jon Merrill decide to masking him in the proper circle and flicked an ideal move throughout the slot to Colangelo for the back-hander to beat Gustavsson.
Key stat
Minnesota has gained 18 of 19 in opposition to Anaheim.
Up subsequent
Anaheim finishes the common season Wednesday at Winnipeg. Minnesota’s first-round collection begins in Las Vegas both Saturday or Sunday.
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