Wild up 2-1 after another win over Blues

The Minnesota Wild have the upper hand in the series against the St. Louis Blues in the NHL Åttondelsfinal, after winning 5-1 (2-0, 1-0, 2-1) on road. Minnesota leads the series by 2-1 games.

The Wild started the game strong, early in the first period with two quick goals from Jordan Greenway and Kirill Kaprizov.

In the third, Joel Eriksson Ek scored one minute into the third period, assisted by Marcus Foligno, increasing the lead for the Wild.

In the third period, Ryan O'Reilly scored in the third minute of the period, assisted by Colton Parayko, closing the gap for the Blues.

In the third, Jonas Brodin scored a goal in the 13th minute of the period, assisted by Ryan Hartman, increasing the lead for the Wild.

St. Louis drops to 1–0–0, while Minnesota improves to 2–0–0.

The teams will soon play again for Game 4 on Sunday, May 8 at 4:30 p.m.