Blues 3–5 Wild — Final Score & Stats (Apr 8, 2023)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🌲 MIN

Ryan Hartman

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 15:45 TOI

2nd star 🌲 MIN

Sam Steel

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 13:39 TOI

3rd star 🌲 MIN

Filip Gustavsson

37 saves

0.925 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🎵 Sammy Blais Go-ahead 1st · 05:19

Assists: Justin Faulk, Jakub Vrana · beat Filip Gustavsson

1–0

🌲 Ryan Hartman SH Tying 1st · 11:17

Unassisted · beat Jordan Binnington

1–1

🌲 Sam Steel SH Go-ahead 1st · 11:37

Assists: Ryan Hartman · beat Jordan Binnington

1–2

2nd period

🌲 Frederick Gaudreau PP 2nd · 14:27

Assists: Gustav Nyquist, John Klingberg · beat Jordan Binnington

1–3

🌲 Jared Spurgeon 2nd · 19:25

Assists: Gustav Nyquist, Sam Steel · beat Jordan Binnington

1–4

3rd period

🎵 Jake Neighbours 3rd · 01:11

Assists: Brayden Schenn, Justin Faulk · beat Filip Gustavsson

2–4

🎵 Pavel Buchnevich 3rd · 07:51

Assists: Nick Leddy, Kasperi Kapanen · beat Filip Gustavsson

3–4

🌲 Jonas Brodin Empty net 3rd · 18:07

Unassisted

3–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🎵Blues

L1 Buchnevich · Schenn · Thomas 20:01

L2 Saad · Kyrou · Kapanen 15:08

L3 Blais · Neighbours · Toropchenko 13:25

L4 Walker · Vrana · Pitlick 10:26

D1 Parayko · Leddy 22:36

D2 Faulk · Krug 19:47

D3 Rosen · Samorukov 15:38

🌲Wild

L1 Johansson · Kaprizov · Zuccarello 20:27

L2 Boldy · Gaudreau · Hartman 15:45

L3 Foligno · Steel · Nyquist 13:39

L4 Dewar · Duhaime · Reaves 10:43

D1 Klingberg · Brodin 20:56

D2 Spurgeon · Middleton 19:22

D3 Dumba · Merrill 16:06

Team stats

Away left · home right

🎵STL MIN🌲

40 Shots on goal 30

0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

9 Hits 8

14 Blocked shots 15

1 Takeaways 10

1 Giveaways 7

8 Penalty minutes 4

STL shooting 7.5% (3/40) MIN shooting 16.7% (5/30)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🎵Blues

Jordan Binnington

25/29

.862 SV% · 4 GA · 59:26 TOI

🌲Wild

Filip Gustavsson

37/40

.925 SV% · 3 GA · 59:42 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located

STL MIN

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Blues

Blues — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-11-3 (12% win rate, 16 games)

Wild

Wild — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 20-0-1 (95% win rate, 21 games)

After 2nd — 1–4

Blues

Blues — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-4 (20% win rate, 5 games)

Wild

Wild — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 6-0 (100% win rate, 6 games)

Last meetings

All →

Wild lead the season series 3–1

Mar 152023 🌲MIN @ 🎵STL 8–5 Jan 82023 🎵STL @ 🌲MIN 3–0 Dec 312022 🌲MIN @ 🎵STL 5–2 May 122022 🌲MIN @ 🎵STL 1–5 May 102022 🎵STL @ 🌲MIN 5–2

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STL vs MIN, answered

Who won Blues vs Wild on April 8, 2023?

Wild won 5–3. The final score was Blues 3, Wild 5.

Who scored for Blues?

Jake Neighbours, Pavel Buchnevich, Sammy Blais.

Who scored for Wild?

Frederick Gaudreau, Jared Spurgeon, Jonas Brodin, Ryan Hartman, Sam Steel.

How did the Blues goalie play?

Jordan Binnington made 25 saves on 29 shots (.862 save percentage).

How did the Wild goalie play?

Filip Gustavsson made 37 saves on 40 shots (.925 save percentage).

Where is Blues vs Wild played?

At Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the Wild home rink.

What is the Blues vs Wild season series?

Wild lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🎵 Blues

BeforeApr 6 🗽NYR @ 🎵STL 2–3 AfterApr 12 ⭐DAL @ 🎵STL 5–2

🌲 Wild

BeforeApr 6 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 1–4 AfterApr 10 🌲MIN @ 🪶CHI 4–2

Also on April 8

🐧PIT 5–1 🐙DET 🎰VGK 1–2 ⭐DAL 🛢️EDM 6–1 🦈SJS 🦆ANA 4–5 🌵ARI 🐆FLA 4–2 🦅WSH 🇨🇦MTL 1–7 🍁TOR 🗽NYR 4–0 🧥CBJ ⚡TBL 4–7 🏛️OTT

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