Red Wings Force Their Way Back, Beat Wild 3-2

The Minnesota Wild and Detroit Red Wings faced off for the second time in three days on Tuesday, Feb. 25, this time in St. Paul, MN. The first was held in Detroit, and the Wild fought back to take that win after dropping behind early. The Wild were still without Kirill Kaprizov as he continues to recover from surgery, but they also got news prior to their hosting the Red Wings that Joel Eriksson Ek was placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury that has him week-to-week. The one bright spot was Jakub Lauko made his return to the lineup after he missed the past three games. 

The Red Wings were also missing Jeff Petry and Andrew Copp. The goaltending matchup was between Filip Gustavsson for the Wild and Cam Talbot for the Red Wings. The game started out in the Wild’s control, but then the Red Wings stormed back, took control, and won 3-2. This moved the Wild to a record of 34-20-4 and the Red Wings to 30-22-6. 

Game Recap

The Wild got things going first as they scored a power-play goal just seven minutes into the first to give their team a 1-0 lead. The goal was scored by Marco Rossi, who was waiting at the front of the net to knock in a rebound. Matt Boldy and Jared Spurgeon assisted him. That goal gave their team momentum, and they knocked a second one in just a few minutes later. Jakub Lauko tallied the Wild’s second goal as the puck snuck through under Talbot and gave them a two-goal lead. Devin Shore and Yakov Trenin assisted him to make it 2-0, and that was how the period ended. 

The second period started out all Detroit Red Wings as they scored twice to tie the game up. Vladimir Tarasenko scored the first goal and he was assisted by Erik Gustafsson and Marco Kasper. The second goal was a one-timer from near the blue line that just beat Gustavsson. Simon Edvinsson recorded it, he was assisted by Alex DeBrincat and J.T. Compher to tie the game at 2. That score would hold through the period and the third started 2-2.