New Jersey Devils vs Minnesota Wild
Regular season · Thursday, December 2, 2021 · Xcel Energy Center
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Game summary
The Minnesota Wild beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild outshot the Devils 38-31.
Kirill Kaprizov scored twice. Rem Pitlick, Ryan Graves, Tomas Tatar, Dmitry Kulikov and Ryan Hartman also scored.
Kaapo Kahkonen made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 33 of 38.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Kirill Kaprizov (8)Ryan Hartman (7), Kaapo Kahkonen (1)0–108:49 MIN
Rem Pitlick (5)Victor Rask (5)0–211:09 MIN
2nd period
- Kirill Kaprizov (9)Mats Zuccarello (11), Alex Goligoski (13)0–302:28 MIN
Ryan Graves (2)Dougie Hamilton (7), Michael McLeod (4)1–302:52 NJD
Tomas Tatar (5)Dougie Hamilton (8)2–307:40 NJD
Dmitry Kulikov (2)Ryan Hartman (8), Kirill Kaprizov (19)2–410:27 MIN
3rd period
Ryan Hartman (13)Alex Goligoski (14)2–516:05 MIN
Team stats
NJDMIN
31Shots on goal38
45%Faceoff %55%
0/3Power play0/4
10Penalty minutes8
10Hits14
13Blocked shots15
5Giveaways5
4Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 03:37
Jonas Siegenthaler · high sticking2 min - 1st 16:12
Nico Sturm · holding2 min - 2nd 12:33Rem Pitlick · tripping2 min
- 2nd 18:50Pavel Zacha · hooking2 min
- 3rd 02:53Brandon Duhaime · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 06:16Andreas Johnsson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 06:16Ryan Hartman · roughing2 min
- 3rd 06:16Andreas Johnsson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 08:12Dawson Mercer · tripping2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 7Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 19:32 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:29 |
| 33Ryan GravesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 11Andreas JohnssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:23 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:17 |
| 14Nathan BastianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:14 |
| 16Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:23 |
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:20 |
| 18Dawson MercerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:33 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:52 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 7 | 16:41 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:46 |
| 24Ty SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:39 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 22:18 |
| 55Mason GeertsenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:22 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:53 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mackenzie BlackwoodG | L | 38 | 33 | 5 | .868 | 59:44 |
| 45Jonathan BernierG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 10 | 19:19 |
| 97Kirill KaprizovL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 4 | 18:52 |
| 47Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 17:32 |
| 16Rem PitlickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:51 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | 18:29 |
| 49Victor RaskC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:24 |
| 29Dmitry KulikovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:31 |
| 7Nico SturmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:02 |
| 14Joel Eriksson EkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:07 |
| 17Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 18Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:46 |
| 21Brandon DuhaimeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:37 |
| 22Kevin FialaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14:44 |
| 27Nick BjugstadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:08 |
| 4Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 2 | 17:33 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:55 |
| 24Mathew DumbaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:54 |
| 25Jonas BrodinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 24:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Cam TalbotG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Kaapo KahkonenG | W | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 60:00 |