Minnesota Wild roll past Calgary Flames in decisive win

That brings us to the end of a wild first period — Minnesota Wild 3, Calgary Flames 2. Shots were even at 8 apiece Calgary Flames controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Valeri Nichushkin opened the scoring for Calgary Flames at 8:58, Andrew Copp tied it for Minnesota Wild on the power play at 11:00, Kirill Kaprizov put Minnesota Wild in front at 11:30, tempers flared at 11:31 with Louis Crevier winning a scrap, and Jaden Schwartz cut the deficit for Calgary Flames at 19:57.

Sergei Bobrovsky was under siege with 6 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Minnesota Wild went 1-for-1.

Calgary Flames owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a wild second period — Minnesota Wild 2, Calgary Flames 2. Minnesota Wild edged the shot clock 10-7, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Joel Eriksson Ek extended the lead for Minnesota Wild at 6:22, Sebastian Aho cut the deficit for Calgary Flames at 7:01, Matt Boldy tied it for Calgary Flames at 12:59, and Noah Cates put Minnesota Wild in front on the power play at 14:35.

Cam Talbot was under siege with 8 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Minnesota Wild went 1-for-1 while Calgary Flames went 0-for-1.

Calgary Flames owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Minnesota Wild 2, Calgary Flames 0. Minnesota Wild edged the shot clock 10-7, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Joel Eriksson Ek extended the lead for Minnesota Wild at 0:14, then Noah Cates extended the lead for Minnesota Wild at 15:06.

Cam Talbot was under siege with 8 highlighted stops.

Minnesota Wild owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.