Kirill Kaprizov had a goal, Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 29 shots, and the Wild beat the host Blues 5-1 on Friday night to take a 2-1 series lead.
ST. LOUIS — Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and an assist, Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 29 shots, and the Minnesota Wild beat the St. Louis Blues 5-1 on Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference playoff series.
St. Louis lost Torey Krug to a lower body injury early in the first period. Krug is the third Blues defensemen to get hurt in the series. Marc Andre-Fleury stops Brandon Saad’s shot for one of his 29 saves in the Wild’s 5-1 win over the Blues.The Wild wasted no time quieting the crowd by taking advantage of the Blues’ aggressiveness for two early goals.
Less than two minutes later, Ryan Hartman sprung Kaprizov on a breakaway. Husso made the initial save, steering the rebound to the corner, but Kaprizov banked the rebound off Husso’s skate from behind the net to give the Wild a 2-0 lead.
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