The Minnesota Wild built an early two-goal lead and held on to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia. Jesper Wallstedt made 23 saves, and Minnesota improved to 11-3-3 with 25 points. The Flyers fell to 4-9-4.
How it happened
Minnesota scored twice in 31 seconds early in the first period. Matt Boldy opened the scoring at 4:06, assisted by Quinn Hughes and Jonas Brodin. Michael McCarron followed at 4:37, with assists to Blake Coleman and Bobby Brink.
Joel Eriksson Ek made it 3-0 just 42 seconds into the second period, with Boldy picking up the assist. Philadelphia answered at 14:24 of the second on a goal by Tyson Foerster.
Denver Barkey pulled the Flyers within 3-2 on a power-play goal 1:48 into the third period. Danila Yurov sealed it with an empty-net goal at 18:36, assisted by Kirill Kaprizov and Olli Maatta.
By the numbers
- Final: Wild 4, Flyers 2
- Goalies: Wallstedt 23 saves on 25 shots; Dan Vladar 18 saves on 21 shots for Philadelphia
- Shots: Flyers 25, Wild 22
- Power play: Wild 0-for-3, Flyers 1-for-3
- Boldy: one goal and one assist
Up next
The Wild return home for two games at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul: vs. the San Jose Sharks on Friday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. CT, then vs. the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. CT.
Sources: NHL game summary and schedule; ESPN box score.
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