Overview
- Minnesota beat Carolina 4-3 in a shootout in St. Paul, with Matt Boldy converting the winner and Jesper Wallstedt perfect in the skills competition.
- Wallstedt’s shutout streak ended at 175:12 in regulation before he denied an overtime breakaway and all three shootout attempts to improve to 5-0-2.
- The Wild built two-goal cushions on Brock Faber’s redirect and Boldy’s short-handed strike, then Mats Zuccarello scored 15 seconds into the third for his first of the season.
- Carolina rallied on goals from Sebastian Aho and Jackson Blake, who scored twice including the 6-on-5 equalizer with 1:06 left to force overtime.
- The Hurricanes remain atop the Metropolitan Division on a four-game road trip that continues Friday in Winnipeg, with Jalen Chatfield listed day-to-day and Jaccob Slavin still out.