Crouse scores twice, Mammoth end Wild’s winning streak at 6

Cooley opened the scoring with a short-handed objective at 13:23 of the primary interval, beating Wallstedt between the legs off a go from McBain to offer the Mammoth a 1-0 lead.

Keller scored from the slot to make it 2-0 at 4:26 of the second interval after Schmaltz gained a puck battle alongside the boards.

“I think we’re obviously a really fast team and can make a lot of plays, but I think that’s the biggest thing for us is sticking to our identity as much as we can,” Keller mentioned. “It’s hard to do, and I think we’ve got better as the year’s gone on, and the good teams are the most consistent. Even when you don’t feel your best, you find a way. I think we’re showing steps in the right direction, and we’ve got to be more consistent.”

Crouse made it 3-0 at 7:49, going forehand-backhand within the slot off a centering go from Keller.

“We felt that we were playing toward our identity, and we talked a lot about that last couple days,” Crouse mentioned. “It was just a great answer from our group to go out there and play the way that we did for a full 60 minutes.”

(*6*) appeared to make it 4-0 at 12:46, however Minnesota challenged the play for offside, and the decision was reversed after a video overview.

Kaprizov then scored a power-play objective at 14:03 to chop it to 3-1, tapping in Boldy’s go from the alternative aspect at the precise submit.

“They’re a great hockey team. They skate really well, they’re really skilled,” Wild defenseman Brock Faber he mentioned. “Obviously, we’ve got to find a way to play them better, right? I mean, tonight we didn’t have our best, and you can talk about the back-to-back all you want, but we just weren’t good enough.”