Wild Minnesota hosts the Carolina Hurricanes in the final game of their most recent homestand on Wednesday night, November 19, and the Hurricanes fell to the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday, the Bruins 3-1 on Monday.
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The Wildcats roster grew again as they added Ryan Hartman to the Reserve before their offense against the Hurricanes. Also on the injured 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 last time they faced off, as well as Juha Jaasca, Charles Alexis Lexiult, Jaccob Slavin, and Jeserpi Kotkaniemi.
The Goleting Battle was between Jesse Wallstedt in the field and Frederik Andersen in the storms. The game started with artificial kindness, the storms were sent back, but the sewers got the win in the shootout. This moved the Wildcats record to 10-7-4 and the Hurricanes to 13-5-2.
Game clarity
The Wild got things started early in the opening period on a goal by Brock Faber. Assisted by Matt Zuccarello and Danila Yurov to make it 1-0. The Wild added to their lead late in the period with a tight goal by Matt Bildy, and he wasn’t given up. Those were the only goals of the period, and the Eagles took a 2-0 lead into the second.
The Hurricanes got on the scoreboard later in the second period with a goal from Jackson Blake that ended WallStedt’s Shuak Streak streak at 175: 12. Assisted by Sean Walker and Logan Stankoven. That was the only goal of the half, and the Wild took a 2-1 lead into the final period.
The Wild scored 15 seconds into the third period on a breakaway goal from Zuccarello, the first of the season. Assisted by Kirill Kaprizov and Yurov to make it 3-1. The storms answered with a purpose from Sebastian aho. Assisted by Andrei Svechnikov and Seti Jarvis to make it 3-2. Blake scored his second of the night for the Hurricanes with 1:05 left in the third to tie it 3-3. Assisted by Nikolaj Ehlers and Shayne Gostisbeere.
The game remained tied, and extra time was needed; However, no one scored, and a shot was called for. There was only one goal scored in the upset, and it was Boldy who gave Wink The 4-3 win while WallMedt finished the game with 42 saves.
After a long home stretch, the Wildcats will go on the road to face the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday, November 21. The Hurricanes will remain on the road as they head north to face the Winnipeg Jets on Friday.
