The Minnesota Wild hosted the Carolina Hurricanes in the final game of their most recent five-game homestand on Wednesday night, Nov. 19. Both teams were coming off wins, the Wild over the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday, Nov. 16, and the Hurricanes took down the Boston Bruins 3-1 on Monday, Nov. 17. 

The Wild’s injured list grew again as they added Ryan Hartman to injured reserve prior to their faceoff against the Hurricanes. Also on the injury list were Marco Rossi, Zach Bogosian, and Nico Sturm, but both Bogosian and Sturm are close to returning to the lineup. The Hurricanes were without Jalen Chatfield, who was injured the last time they faced the Wild, as well as Juha Jaaska, Charles Alexis Legault, Jaccob Slavin, and Jesperi Kotkaniemi. 

The goaltending battle was between Jesper Wallstedt for the Wild and Frederik Andersen for the Hurricanes. The game started out in the Wild’s favor, the Hurricanes pushed back, but the Wild got the win in a shootout. This moved the Wild’s record to 10-7-4 and the Hurricanes to 13-5-2. 

Game Recap

The Wild got things started early in the opening period on a goal by Brock Faber. He was assisted by Mats Zuccarello and Danila Yurov to make it 1-0. The Wild added to their lead later in the period with a shorthanded goal by Matt Boldy, and he was unassisted. Those were the only goals of the period, and the Wild took the 2-0 lead into the second.Â