St. Louis Blues at Minnesota Wild

Wednesday, October 6, 2021, 8:00 PM ET Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul Preseason Final/OT

Final score

The Minnesota Wild beat the St. Louis Blues 4–3 in overtime on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at home.

Final score, St. Louis Blues at Minnesota Wild
Team	Goals	2021-2022 record
St. Louis Blues	3	49-22-11
at Minnesota Wild	4	53-22-7

Goals by period

Goals by period, St. Louis Blues at Minnesota Wild
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
St. Louis Blues	3	0	0	0	3
Minnesota Wild	0	1	2	1	4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, St. Louis Blues at Minnesota Wild
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
St. Louis Blues	10	7	3	0	20
Minnesota Wild	8	15	10	2	35

Three stars

A. Beckman, Minnesota Wild (1 goal, 1 assist)
N. Sturm, Minnesota Wild (1 goal)
M. Rossi, Minnesota Wild (1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, St. Louis Blues at Minnesota Wild. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	02:04	St. Louis Blues	Mackenzie MacEachern (1)	Kyle Clifford (1), Niko Mikkola (1)	Even strength	STL 1, MIN 0
1st	04:30	St. Louis Blues	Nathan Walker (1)	Dakota Joshua (2)	Even strength	STL 2, MIN 0
1st	05:19	St. Louis Blues	Robert Bortuzzo (1)	Nathan Walker (1), Nikita Alexandrov (1)	Even strength	STL 3, MIN 0
2nd	07:11	Minnesota Wild	Victor Rask (1)	Jordan Greenway (1)	Power play	STL 3, MIN 1
3rd	16:07	Minnesota Wild	Brandon Duhaime (1)	Dmitry Kulikov (2), Jon Merrill (1)	Even strength	STL 3, MIN 2
3rd	19:15	Minnesota Wild	Nico Sturm (1)	Calen Addison (1), Adam Beckman (1)	Even strength	STL 3, MIN 3
OT	02:19	Minnesota Wild	Adam Beckman (4)	Dmitry Kulikov (3), Marco Rossi (1)	Even strength	STL 3, MIN 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, St. Louis Blues at Minnesota Wild
Stat	St. Louis Blues	Minnesota Wild
Shots on goal	20	35
Power play	0 of 3	1 of 4
Penalty minutes	13	11
Hits	6	16
Blocked shots	12	6
Giveaways	2	7
Takeaways	5	4
Faceoffs won	25/62 (40.3%)	37/62 (59.7%)

Box score

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 13 K. Clifford	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0		14:26
Number 21 T. Bozak	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	46.2%	17:06
Number 22 L. Brown	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	8.3%	16:54
Number 26 N. Walker	L	1	1	2	+2	5	1	1	0		11:56
Number 28 M. MacEachern	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0		14:10
Number 33 S. Anas	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	1		14:02
Number 37 K. Kostin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:38
Number 49 I. Barbashev	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	66.7%	18:11
Number 54 D. Joshua	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	58.3%	14:50
Number 59 N. Alexandrov	C	0	1	1	+1	4	1	0	1	31.3%	14:11
Number 67 M. Frolik	R	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	0		13:40
Number 81 J. Neal	L	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	1	100%	16:33
Number 36 S. Santini	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		17:56
Number 41 R. Bortuzzo	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2		21:05
Number 43 C. Rosen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16:45
Number 46 J. Walman	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	1		21:55
Number 48 S. Perunovich	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	3		22:16
Number 77 N. Mikkola	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1		20:20

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 V. Husso	35	31	4	.886	62:19	OT loss

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 7 N. Sturm	C	1	0	1	+1	0	5	1	0	0	60%	15:34
Number 18 J. Greenway	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	0	0	100%	24:14
Number 23 M. Rossi	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0	50%	21:06
Number 37 K. Rau	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		14:42
Number 41 D. Turgeon	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	60%	14:05
Number 49 V. Rask	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	1	68.4%	19:07
Number 52 C. Dewar	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	0	100%	15:09
Number 53 A. Beckman	L	1	1	2	+2	5	3	0	1	0		18:28
Number 56 J. Cramarossa	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0		09:10
Number 63 M. Chaffee	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		11:19
Number 65 B. Duhaime	L	1	0	1	0	2	4	1	0	0		12:09
Number 72 N. Swaney	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0		12:54
Number 4 J. Merrill	D	0	1	1	-1	2	1	1	0	0		19:12
Number 8 J. Benn	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0		15:27
Number 29 D. Kulikov	D	0	2	2	+1	2	1	1	1	0		24:03
Number 39 J. Lizotte	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		19:00
Number 44 J. Hicketts	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		17:40
Number 59 C. Addison	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	0		18:58

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 34 K. Kahkonen	20	17	3	.850	60:59	Win

Penalties

Penalties, St. Louis Blues at Minnesota Wild
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	12:40	Minnesota Wild	Brandon Duhaime	Hooking	2
1st	16:18	Minnesota Wild	Adam Beckman	Fighting (major)	5
1st	16:18	St. Louis Blues	Nathan Walker	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	02:38	Minnesota Wild	Dmitry Kulikov	Cross checking	2
2nd	02:47	Minnesota Wild	Jon Merrill	Delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	06:08	St. Louis Blues	Nikita Alexandrov	Holding	2
2nd	09:43	St. Louis Blues	James Neal	Hooking	2
3rd	01:31	St. Louis Blues	Sam Anas	Slashing	2
3rd	12:09	St. Louis Blues	Nikita Alexandrov	Hooking	2

Game information

St. Louis Blues head coach: Craig Berube
Minnesota Wild head coach: Dean Evason
Referees: Francis Charron, Tom Chmielewski
Linesmen: Steve Barton, CJ Murray
St. Louis Blues scratches: Dimitri Semin, Konstantin Barulin, Evgeny Skachkov, Andrei Pervyshin, Victor Alexandrov, Tommy Cross, David Perron, Marco Scandella, Ryan O'Reilly, Brayden Schenn, Justin Faulk, Vladimir Tarasenko, Matthew Peca, Jordan Binnington, Brandon Saad, Torey Krug, Colton Parayko, Oskar Sundqvist, Pavel Buchnevich, Charlie Lindgren, Nathan Todd, Tanner Kaspick, Jordan Kyrou, Nolan Stevens, Robert Thomas, Alexey Toropchenko, Joel Hofer, Mathias Laferriere, Tyler Tucker, Hugh McGing, Keean Washkurak, Vadim Zherenko, Jake Neighbours, Dylan Peterson, Tanner Dickinson, Will Cranley, Noah Beck, Leo Loof, Matthew Kessel, Simon Robertsson, Zachary Bolduc, Tyson Galloway, Ivan Vorobyov
Minnesota Wild scratches: Alex Goligoski, Julian Walker, Jared Spurgeon, Marcus Foligno, Cam Talbot, Mats Zuccarello, Nick Bjugstad, Jonas Brodin, Mathew Dumba, Ryan Hartman, Dakota Mermis, Kevin Czuczman, Frederick Gaudreau, Kevin Fiala, Joel Eriksson Ek, Kirill Kaprizov, William Bitten, Rem Pitlick, Mason Shaw, Ivan Lodnia, Fedor Gordeev, Andrei Svetlakov, Dereck Baribeau, Alexander Khovanov, Jack McBain, Filip Johansson, Damien Giroux, Sam Hentges, Simon Johansson, Hunter Jones, Matt Boldy, Marshall Warren, Matvey Guskov, Vladislav Firstov, Nikita Nesterenko, Daemon Hunt, Ryan O'Rourke, Marat Khusnutdinov, Josh Pillar, Pavel Novak, Jesper Wallstedt, Jack Peart, Kyle Masters, Nate Benoit, Carson Lambos, Caedan Bankier

2021-2022 season series

Every St. Louis Blues and Minnesota Wild game in the 2021-2022 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Minnesota Wild 2 at St. Louis Blues 6	Final Preseason	Game page: Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues, Sat, Sep 25, 2021
St. Louis Blues 3 at Minnesota Wild 4	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Minnesota Wild, Wed, Oct 6, 2021

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