Minnesota Wild (53-22-7, second in the Central Division) vs. St. Louis Blues (49-22-11, third in the Central Division)
St. Louis; Thursday, 9:30 p.m. EDT
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blues -114, Wild -106; over/under is 6.5
NHL PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND: Blues lead series 3-2
BOTTOM LINE: The St. Lou...
Vladimir Tarasenko had three goals in the third period to break open a tied game and series, and the St. Louis Blues pushed the Minnesota Wild to the edge of elimination with a 5-2 victory in Game 5.
Kirill Kaprizov had a hat trick and Eriksson Ek scored twice for the Wild, who snapped back at the St. Louis Blues with a 6-2 victory to even their first-round playoff series.
Travis Boyd scored the go-ahead goal, which stood after a long review, and the last-place Arizona Coyotes beat the Minnesota Wild 5-3 to slow their pursuit of home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
ared Spurgeon scored his second goal of the game 1:05 into overtime to send the Minnesota Wild to the playoffs with a 5-4 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday.
The Minnesota Wild have been busy on NHL trade deadline day, making several moves that include the acquisition of 3-time Stanley Cup winning goalie Marc-Andre Fleury.