Jan 11, 2025; San Jose, California, USA; Minnesota Wild heart Joel Eriksson Ek (14) shoots the puck in opposition to San Jose Sharks goaltender Yaroslav Askarov (30) and left wing Fabian Zetterlund (20) in the course of the first interval at SAP Middle at San Jose. Obligatory Credit score: Robert Edwards-Imagn Pictures Marc-Andre Fleury made 36 saves for the visiting Minnesota Wild in a 3-1 win in opposition to the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night time.
Mats Zuccarello had a aim and two assists, Matt Boldy had a aim and an help and Marco Rossi additionally scored for the Wild, who’ve gained 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 12 months 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 way of the impartial zone with the puck earlier than pulling up simply contained in the San Jose blue line and feathering a cross 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 aim 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 cross within the impartial zone and Zuccarello centered the puck from off the wall to Boldy, who obtained the puck simply above the San Jose blue line with room to skate to the highest of the fitting circle and scored with a wrist shot into the far facet of the web.
Fleury stopped the primary 28 pictures 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 velocity. Celebrini took a wrist shot from the circle that was saved by Fleury along with his proper pad, however the rebound got here to Eklund and he lifted the puck into the web for his ninth aim 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.
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