Minnesota Wild pull away from Toronto Maple Leafs

That brings us to the end of a first period — Minnesota Wild 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 1. Minnesota Wild edged the shot clock 15-9, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Justin Brazeau opened the scoring for Minnesota Wild at 1:13, Ben Kindel tied it for Toronto Maple Leafs at 16:26, and Kirill Kaprizov put Minnesota Wild in front at 17:54.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was under siege with 13 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Toronto Maple Leafs went 0-for-1.

Minnesota Wild 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 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 1. Minnesota Wild edged the shot clock 12-4, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Andrew Copp extended the lead for Minnesota Wild at 16:02, Joel Armia extended the lead for Minnesota Wild at 18:26, Filip Chytil cut the deficit for Toronto Maple Leafs at 18:50, and Joel Eriksson Ek extended the lead for Minnesota Wild at 19:10.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

Minnesota Wild 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, Toronto Maple Leafs 1. Minnesota Wild edged the shot clock 14-4, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Noah Cates extended the lead for Minnesota Wild at 6:53, Kirill Kaprizov extended the lead for Minnesota Wild at 14:51, and Joel Kiviranta cut the deficit for Toronto Maple Leafs at 14:57.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was under siege with 12 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Toronto Maple Leafs went 0-for-1.

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