Hurricanes 4, Wild 3

Minnesota 2 1 0 — 3 Carolina 3 1 0 — 4

First Period: 1, Minnesota, Boldy 6, 5:34. 2, Carolina, Blake 4 (Walker), 12:53. 3, Minnesota, Faber 2 (Kaprizov, Johansson), 13:24. 4, Carolina, Svechnikov 3 (Aho, Nikishin), 13:45. 5, Carolina, Walker 3 (Jarvis, Miller), 16:51. Penalties: Jankowski, CAR (Slashing), 3:11. Middleton, MIN (Tripping), 9:12. Carolina bench, served by Kotkaniemi (Instigator), 11:46. Minnesota bench, served by Jones (Match Penalty), 11:46. Pitlick, MIN (Fighting), 11:46. Staal, CAR (Fighting), 11:46. Pitlick, MIN (Misconduct), 11:46. Staal, CAR (Instigator), 11:46. Stankoven, CAR (High Sticking), 17:46.

Second Period: 6, Minnesota, Boldy 7 (Spurgeon, Tarasenko), 0:37 (pp). 7, Carolina, Ehlers 2 (Blake), 0:46. Penalties: None.

Third Period: None. Penalties: None.

Shots on goal: Minnesota 3-7-12: 22. Carolina 7-14-6: 27.

Power-play opportunities: Minnesota 1 of 3. Carolina 0 of 2.

Goalies: Minnesota, Gustavsson 4-7-1 (27 shots-23 saves). Carolina, Andersen 5-3-0 (22-19).

A: 18,299 (18,680). T: 2:39.

Referees: Peter MacDougall, Wes McCauley; Linesmen: David Brisebois, Dan Kelly.