Oct 17, 2023 By Sportradar 2 min read

Minnesota	2	–	5
Montreal	1	–	2

First Period_1, Minnesota, Duhaime 2 (Middleton), 9:20 (sh). 2, Minnesota, Dewar 1, 9:45 (sh). Penalties_Anderson, MTL (Roughing), 6:10; Hartman, MIN (Tripping), 8:43.

Second Period_3, Minnesota, Eriksson Ek 2 (Zuccarello, Kaprizov), 2:17 (pp). 4, Montreal, Pearson 2, 9:47. 5, Minnesota, Kaprizov 1 (Addison, Zuccarello), 17:22 (pp). Penalties_Slafkovsky, MTL (Tripping), 1:25; Guhle, MTL (Slashing), 2:01; Caufield, MTL (Tripping), 5:46; Pezzetta, MTL (Fighting), 11:14; Duhaime, MIN (Fighting), 11:14; Eriksson Ek, MIN (Interference), 14:09; Slafkovsky, MTL (Interference), 15:46; Duhaime, MIN (Hooking), 18:00; Xhekaj, MTL (Roughing), 20:00.

Third Period_6, Minnesota, Eriksson Ek 3 (Zuccarello, Kaprizov), 5:20 (pp). 7, Montreal, Newhook 3 (Savard, Caufield), 17:35. Penalties_Matheson, MTL (Roughing), 0:35; Eriksson Ek, MIN (Slashing), 0:35; Pearson, MTL (High Sticking), 3:41; Minnesota bench, served by Zuccarello (Instigator), 13:15; Mermis, MIN (Fighting), 13:15; Pezzetta, MTL (Fighting), 13:15; Mermis, MIN (Instigator), 13:15; Anderson, MTL (Roughing), 14:08; Eriksson Ek, MIN (Roughing), 14:08; Montreal bench, served by Gallagher (Roughing), 14:08; Anderson, MTL (Misconduct), 14:08; Eriksson Ek, MIN (Misconduct), 14:08; Foligno, MIN (Tripping), 18:16.

Shots on Goal_Minnesota 11-15-9_35. Montreal 6-9-14_29.

Power-play opportunities_Minnesota 3 of 8; Montreal 0 of 5.

Goalies_Minnesota, Fleury 0-0-0 (29 shots-27 saves). Montreal, Montembeault 1-0-0 (35-30).

A_0 (21,288). T_2:36.

Referees_Michael Markovic, Dan O’Rourke. Linesmen_Michel Cormier, Andrew Smith.