Jan 11, 2025; San Jose, California, USA; Minnesota Wild middle Joel Eriksson Ek (14) shoots the puck towards San Jose Sharks goaltender Yaroslav Askarov (30) and left wing Fabian Zetterlund (20) throughout the first interval at SAP Middle at San Jose. Necessary Credit score: Robert Edwards-Imagn Photos Marc-Andre Fleury made 36 saves for the visiting Minnesota Wild in a 3-1 win towards the San Jose Sharks on Saturday evening.
Mats Zuccarello had a objective and two assists, Matt Boldy had a objective and an help and Marco Rossi additionally scored for the Wild, who’ve received 5 of six.
William Eklund scored and Yaroslav Askarov made 19 saves for the Sharks, who’ve dropped three in a row and 11 of 13.
Askarov, 22, was born a yr earlier than the 40-year-old Fleury was picked No. 1 general by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2003.
Minnesota took a 1-0 lead at 5:51 of the primary interval.
Zuccarello raced by means of the impartial zone with the puck earlier than pulling up simply contained in the San Jose blue line and feathering a go forward to Rossi, who had a step on Eklund. Rossi flipped a backhand excessive within the web as he neared the crease for his sixteenth objective of the season.
Fleury blanked the Sharks on 16 saves within the first interval.
The Wild prolonged the result in 2-0 at 4:34 of the second.
Minnesota broke up a stretch go within the impartial zone and Zuccarello centered the puck from off the wall to Boldy, who acquired the puck simply above the San Jose blue line with room to skate to the highest of the proper circle and scored with a wrist shot into the far facet of the web.
Fleury stopped the primary 28 photographs earlier than San Jose scored at 17:30 of the second interval to chop it to 2-1.
Eklund gave the puck as much as Macklin Celebrini on his proper as he entered the Minnesota zone with pace. Celebrini took a wrist shot from the circle that was saved by Fleury together with his proper pad, however the rebound got here to Eklund and he lifted the puck into the web for his ninth objective of the season.
Zuccarello scored into the empty web simply as Askarov was leaving for the bench for the additional attacker to increase the result in 3-1 with 1:17 left.
–Area Stage Media
