Minnesota Wild pull away from San Jose Sharks

That brings us to the end of a first period — San Jose Sharks 0, Minnesota Wild 0. San Jose Sharks edged the shot clock 13-8, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Neither side could solve the goaltending — a grinding, scoreless frame.

Sergei Bobrovsky was under siege with 12 highlighted stops.

On the power play, San Jose Sharks went 0-for-1 while Minnesota Wild went 0-for-2.

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

That brings us to the end of a second period — San Jose Sharks 0, Minnesota Wild 2. Minnesota Wild edged the shot clock 10-3, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Noah Cates opened the scoring for Minnesota Wild at 10:44, then Nikolaj Ehlers extended the lead for Minnesota Wild on the power play at 14:23.

Kevin Lankinen was under siege with 8 highlighted stops.

On the power play, San Jose Sharks went 0-for-2 while Minnesota Wild went 1-for-1.

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

That brings us to the end of a third period — San Jose Sharks 1, Minnesota Wild 2. San Jose Sharks edged the shot clock 10-7, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Timo Meier cut the deficit for San Jose Sharks at 7:25, Andrew Copp extended the lead for Minnesota Wild at 11:50, and Quinn Hughes extended the lead for Minnesota Wild at 16:23.

Sergei Bobrovsky was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

The final five minutes were split evenly in chances.