The PP goal against was a pretty wide open net, but the kill shot(game winner) was the breakaway goal by Howden. First team to 3 goals is likely to win each game in this series and Howden hit the top blocker side corner with speed.
Gus seemed to play pretty well. Both blocker side goals were well placed in the upper corner from fairly close in and he was screened on the fake shot/pass that resulted in the open shot. Since he didn’t see the puck leave the stick, he didn’t have the reaction to leave the path of that initial faked shot, and was beaten before he could really react to where the shot came from. He’s often good at tracking the puck, but that one was tough.
Wild played with solid effort, but were beaten by a more talented team. Hartman was close to putting the Wild up early–around 5.5 minutes in. Defenseman seemed to knock the puck away to stop Hartman from burying the bouncing puck rebound. If the Wild get an early lead, the rest of the night might go a bit differently.
Also looked like the Knights might have deserved an interference call(nothing called) when they checked Hartman away from the play in open ice not long after his scoring opportunity was snuffed out.
Boldy, Kaprizov, and Hartman all had pretty strong nights. Eriksson Ek was doing alright until the high sticking call that gave the Knights the 2-1 lead.
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