ST. PAUL, MN (AP) — Frederick Gaudreau scored twice, including a long-distance empty netter, and Matt Dumba notched his third goal of the year as the Minnesota Wild won 4-1 on Wednesday over the visiting Detroit Red Wings.
Filip Gustavsson made 16 saves in net for Minnesota to improve his record to 6-4-1. Mats Zuccarello extended his point streak to eight games with a second-period goal for the Wild, who earned their third straight win.
Detroit goalie Magnus Hellberg made just his second start in net this year and sixth NHL start of his career Wednesday. He stopped 18 of the 21 Wild shots he faced.
The Red Wings pulled Hellberg with just over three minutes remaining in the third period but couldn’t break through with the extra attacker. Minnesota’s Ryan Reaves missed an empty netter after Hellberg was pulled.
Wednesday’s loss was the fourth in a row for Detroit.
Both teams got a goal within a 16-second span late in the second period. A Wild turnover led to a goal by Detroit’s Elmer Soderblom that made it a 2-1 game with 1:19 to play in the second. Not long after, Zuccarello fired from his knees past Hellberg to help the Wild regain a two-goal lead.
Gaudreau put the Wild up 1-0 in the first when he fired a shot through traffic that found the back of the net with eight seconds left on Minnesota’s power play. Dumba took a nifty backhand pass from Jordan Greenway to make it a 2-0 game at the 8:02 mark of the second period.
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