By MIKE COOK
ST. PAUL — Matt Boldy had two targets and an help and the Minnesota Wild scored the ultimate 5 targets to beat the New York Islanders 6-3 on Saturday evening.
Marco Rossi, Frederick Gaudreau, Yakov Trenin and Marcus Foligno additionally scored for Minnesota, which has received 5 of seven. Jared Spurgeon had two assists and Filip Gustavsson made 30 saves.
Kyle Palmieri and Brock Nelson every had a aim and an help, Anders Lee additionally scored, and Maxim Tsyplakov had two assists for the Islanders, who’ve misplaced three of 4 after profitable seven straight. Ilya Sorokin stopped 27 photographs.
Boldy accomplished his first multigoal recreation since Nov. 7 when his centering try nearly six minutes into the third interval deflected off Islanders defenseman Anthony DeAngelo earlier than getting behind Sorokin. Minnesota’s second aim additionally went in off DeAngelo.
New York pulled Sorokin with 5 minutes left, however Foligno shortly scored an empty-net aim.
TAKEAWAYS
Islanders: Palmieri scored his fourth aim in six video games and has 10 factors in his final 12 contests after the middle had one aim and two assists in his earlier 12 video games.
Wild: Heart Joel Eriksson Ek was scratched with a lower-body harm forcing Minnesota to play with 11 forwards and 7 defensemen. Eriksson Ek is scheduled to play for Sweden on the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off event.
KEY MOMENT
Nelson and Lee, each Minnesota natives, gave New York a 3-1 lead within the second interval, however the Wild scored thrice in a 5:21 span late within the interval. Gaudreau scored on the facility play earlier than Boldy and Trenin scored 51 seconds aside for a 4-3 Wild lead.
KEY STAT
The Wild are 30-3-2 when scoring no less than three targets.
UP NEXT
Each groups are off for the 4 Nations Face-off break. Islanders host Dallas on Feb. 23, and Wild play at Detroit on Feb. 22.
