Wild Beat The Kings

Mats Zuccarello scored the go ahead goal with under five minutes left in regulation as the Wild beat the Kings 3-1 on Monday night in St. Paul. Ryan Hartman tied the game at 1-1 early in the second on a power play goal but it was Zuccarello that gave the Wild their first lead of the hockey game at 15:22 of the third also with the man advantage. He took a pass from Matt Boldy and fired through traffic to beat Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper for the eventual winner. Marcus Johansson iced the win into an empty net with under a minute left in the game. Wild Coach John Hynes recaps the win and says this was huge to get them back in the right direction.

Filip Gustavsson got the win on 28 saves as the Wild improved to 2-2-1 in the first five games of their seven game homestand. Game six is Wednesday night at 8:30 P-M against the Kraken.