Minnesota 3, Carolina 2
First Period
No Scoring.
Penalties — Necas Car (hooking) 4:44.
Second Period
1. Minnesota, Fiala 14 (Gaudreau, Merrill) 10:14.
Penalties — Kulikov Minn (tripping) 4:00; Spurgeon Minn (slashing) 12:32.
Third Period
2. Minnesota, Kaprizov 20 (Zuccarello) 1:16.
3. Minnesota, Gaudreau 5 (Fiala) 2:34.
4. Carolina, Svechnikov 19 (Slavin, DeAngelo) 5:02.
5. Carolina, Svechnikov 20 (Teravainen, DeAngelo) 6:23 (pp).
Penalties — Zuccarello Minn (tripping) 5:35; Boldy Minn (delay of game) 7:23; Slavin Car (hooking) 9:52; Trocheck Car, Kaprizov Minn (roughing) 14:59.
Shots on goal by
| Carolina | 8 | 16 | 15 | _ | 39 |
| Minnesota | 6 | 10 | 11 | _ | 27 |
Goal — Carolina: Andersen (L, 25-7-1). Minnesota: Talbot (W, 19-8-1).
Power plays (goals-chances) — Carolina: 1-4; Minnesota: 0-2.
Referees — Michael Markovic, Kevin Pollock. Linesmen — Libor Suchanek, Kiel Murchison.
Attendance — 18,802 at Minnesota.
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