Overview
- Danila Yurov scored the third-period tiebreaker at 8:16 for his first NHL goal, and Kirill Kaprizov sealed it with an empty-netter.
- Minnesota snapped a three-game skid to move to 3-3-1, while New York fell to 3-4-1 and 0-4 at Madison Square Garden.
- Artemi Panarin ended the Rangers’ season-opening home goal drought at 57 seconds, but the hosts generated little finishing afterward.
- Filip Gustavsson stopped 22 of 23 shots and Igor Shesterkin made 29 saves as the Wild outshot the Rangers 32-23.
- Marco Rossi and Zach Bogosian missed the game with day-to-day lower-body injuries from blocked shots, ending Rossi’s 173-game iron‑man streak and prompting line changes that elevated Joel Eriksson Ek and promoted Yurov into the top nine.