Calgary Flames at Minnesota Wild
· National Hockey LeagueKuzmenko scores twice as the Flames hold off the Wild for a 5-4 win
Kuzmenko and Rasmus Andersson each had a power-play goal, and Martin Pospisil and Clark Bishop also scored for Calgary. Dustin Wolf made 21 saves.
Minnesota pulled within one on Mats Zuccarello's 12th goal with 27 seconds left. But that was it for the Wild.
Joel Eriksson Ek, Marcus Foligno and Frederick Gaudreau also scored for Minnesota, and Marco Rossi had three assists. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 24 shots.
The Wild lost for the fifth time in six games.
Fleury surpassed Patrick Roy for the second-most minutes played by an NHL goaltender with his 60,215th minute. Fleury achieved the mark with two minutes remaining in the second period.
Wild: Minnesota’s penalty kill, which was the third-worst in the NHL entering Saturday’s game, continues to be a weak point. The Wild have allowed seven power-play goals in the past six games.
It was Pospisil's third goal of the year, and his first since Nov. 23 — also against Minnesota.
CGY leads series 2-0
Scoring Summary
Goal | 1st Period 6:58 | Andrei Kuzmenko Goal (3) Tip-In, assists: Nazem Kadri (17), MacKenzie Weegar (18) | |
Goal | 1st Period 9:34 | Joel Eriksson Ek Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Mats Zuccarello (23), Kirill Kaprizov (28) | |
Goal | 2nd Period 12:28 | Martin Pospisil Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Andrei Kuzmenko (10), Yegor Sharangovich (7) | |
Goal | 2nd Period 19:52 | Rasmus Andersson Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Mikael Backlund (11), Martin Pospisil (12) | |
Goal | 3rd Period 11:53 | Clark Bishop Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan Lomberg (4) | |
Goal | 3rd Period 14:15 | Frederick Gaudreau Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan Hartman (9), Marco Rossi (24) | |
Goal | 3rd Period 14:29 | Andrei Kuzmenko Goal (4) Wrap-around, assists: Yegor Sharangovich (8), MacKenzie Weegar (19) | |
Goal | 3rd Period 18:46 | Marcus Foligno Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Marco Rossi (25), Matt Boldy (24) | |
Goal | 3rd Period 19:33 | Mats Zuccarello Goal (12) Tip-In, assists: Jared Spurgeon (10), Marco Rossi (26) |
Statistics
CGY | MIN | |
---|---|---|
13 | Blocked Shots | 20 |
20 | Hits | 23 |
9 | Takeaways | 11 |
29 | Shots | 25 |
2 | Power Play Goals | 1 |
3 | Power Play Opportunities | 2 |
66.7 | Power Play Percentage | 50.0 |
0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
39 | Faceoffs Won | 24 |
61.9 | Faceoff Win Percent | 38.1 |
8 | Giveaways | 7 |
6 | Total Penalties | 7 |
15 | Penalty Minutes | 17 |
Game Information
Location: Saint Paul, MN
Attendance: 19,212 | Capacity:
Location: Saint Paul, MN
Attendance: 19,212 | Capacity:
2024-25 Pacific Division Standings
TEAM | W | L | PTS | OTL |
---|---|---|---|---|
Vegas | 31 | 15 | 66 | 4 |
Edmonton | 31 | 15 | 65 | 3 |
Los Angeles | 26 | 14 | 58 | 6 |
Calgary | 24 | 17 | 55 | 7 |
Vancouver | 21 | 17 | 52 | 10 |
Seattle | 22 | 25 | 47 | 3 |
Anaheim | 20 | 23 | 46 | 6 |
San Jose | 14 | 32 | 34 | 6 |
2024-25 Central Division Standings
TEAM | W | L | PTS | OTL |
---|---|---|---|---|
Winnipeg | 34 | 14 | 71 | 3 |
Dallas | 31 | 17 | 63 | 1 |
Minnesota | 29 | 17 | 62 | 4 |
Colorado | 29 | 20 | 60 | 2 |
St. Louis | 23 | 23 | 50 | 4 |
Utah | 21 | 21 | 49 | 7 |
Nashville | 18 | 23 | 43 | 7 |
Chicago | 15 | 29 | 35 | 5 |