St. Louis Blues vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Tuesday, February 27, 2018 · Xcel Energy Center

St. LouisBluesAway

3–8

Final

SOG 25–33

MinnesotaWildHome

NBCSN

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the St. Louis Blues 8-3 on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Blues 33-25.

Mikael Granlund scored twice, Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice and Eric Staal scored a hat trick. Jason Zucker, Alex Pietrangelo, Mikko Koivu and Jared Spurgeon also scored.

Devan Dubnyk made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 20 of 25.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
STL	1	2	0	3	25
MIN	3	3	2	8	33

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jason Zucker (26)Ryan Suter (35), Eric Staal (30)0–102:57 MIN · PPG
Mikael Granlund (18)Eric Staal (31), Jason Zucker (22)0–207:13 MIN
Vladimir Tarasenko (25)Brayden Schenn (32), Alexander Steen (25)1–209:59 STL
Mikael Granlund (19)Nick Seeler (2), Nate Prosser (6)1–311:17 MIN

2nd period

Alex Pietrangelo (10)Jaden Schwartz (25), Jay Bouwmeester (5)2–300:15 STL
Eric Staal (31)Jason Zucker (23), Ryan Suter (36)2–408:19 MIN · PPG
Mikko Koivu (10)Charlie Coyle (18), Zach Parise (6)2–517:07 MIN
Vladimir Tarasenko (26)Jaden Schwartz (26), Alexander Steen (26)3–518:32 STL · PPG
Jared Spurgeon (9)Mikael Granlund (33), Ryan Suter (37)3–619:44 MIN

3rd period

Eric Staal (32)Jason Zucker (24), Mikko Koivu (23)3–707:46 MIN
Eric Staal (33)Jason Zucker (25), Mikael Granlund (34)3–810:54 MIN

Team stats

STLMIN

25Shots on goal33

52%Faceoff %48%

1/6Power play2/6

12Penalty minutes12

20Hits16

9Blocked shots16

2Giveaways10

3Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 02:51Vladimir Sobotka · holding2 min
1st 14:39Joel Eriksson Ek · hooking2 min
1st 17:25Dmitrij Jaskin · high sticking double minor4 min
1st 19:30Mikael Granlund · tripping2 min
2nd 03:19Nick Seeler · interference2 min
2nd 07:39Alexander Steen · boarding2 min
2nd 07:46Jay Bouwmeester · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 17:53Nino Niederreiter · holding2 min
3rd 05:28Mikko Koivu · interference2 min
3rd 11:10Alex Pietrangelo · slashing2 min
3rd 11:21Matt Cullen · tripping2 min

Season series

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

17Jaden SchwartzC	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	–	18:23
20Alexander SteenL	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	50	18:05
91Vladimir TarasenkoR	2	0	2	0	4	2	1	0	–	19:10
10Brayden SchennC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	67	19:05
19Jay BouwmeesterD	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	2	–	24:16
27Alex PietrangeloD	1	0	1	-2	2	1	2	2	–	23:22
9Scottie UpshallR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	11:54
21Patrik BerglundC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	12:42
23Dmitrij JaskinR	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	4	–	12:28
28Kyle BrodziakC	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	55	14:51
32Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	10:15
49Ivan BarbashevC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	29	12:51
71Vladimir SobotkaC	0	0	0	-2	1	4	0	2	38	12:08
90Nikita SoshnikovR	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	0	–	13:42
4Carl GunnarssonD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	–	15:17
29Vince DunnD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	–	17:44
43Jordan SchmaltzD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:15
55Colton ParaykoD	0	0	0	-3	1	0	2	0	–	21:46

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Jake AllenG		8	5	3	.625	20:00
40Carter HuttonG	L	25	20	5	.800	40:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

12Eric StaalC	3	2	5	+4	4	0	0	0	46	12:57
16Jason ZuckerL	1	4	5	+4	4	0	0	0	–	12:59
64Mikael GranlundC	2	2	4	+4	2	0	3	2	–	13:56
20Ryan SuterD	0	3	3	-1	1	2	1	0	–	23:34
9Mikko KoivuC	1	1	2	+2	1	1	1	2	42	15:21
3Charlie CoyleC	0	1	1	+1	8	1	0	0	100	14:02
11Zach PariseL	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	15:48
36Nick SeelerD	0	1	1	+3	0	0	1	2	–	15:42
39Nate ProsserD	0	1	1	+3	0	2	1	0	–	15:42
46Jared SpurgeonD	1	0	1	+2	2	2	2	0	–	21:56
7Matt CullenC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	58	14:07
14Joel Eriksson EkC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	33	14:15
17Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	11:50
22Nino NiederreiterR	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	2	–	15:57
26Daniel WinnikL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	14:22
63Tyler EnnisC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	13:38
24Mathew DumbaD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	23:00
25Jonas BrodinD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	4	0	–	20:18

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Alex StalockG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Devan DubnykG	W	25	22	3	.880	59:57