Overview
- Ryan Hartman netted two goals, including the opener, to pace Minnesota's offense.
- Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy recorded three points each, with Joel Eriksson Ek and Marco Rossi also scoring.
- Filip Gustavsson stopped 27 shots for his 12th career shutout as the Wild went 2-for-2 on the penalty kill.
- Hunter Haight made his NHL debut and Zeev Buium played his first regular-season game while Minnesota remained without Jonas Brodin, Mats Zuccarello and Nico Sturm.
- Jordan Binnington made 16 saves for St. Louis, which was missing Oskar Sundqvist and now visits Calgary on Saturday as Minnesota hosts Columbus.