Key Highlights
- Paul and closing out 2025 by matching that feat at home, beating the Wild 4-3 in a shootout on Wednesday afternoon at SAP Center. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMinnesota finishes its season series with San Jose with a 0-0-3 mark. Vladimir Tarasenko’s first period goal gave Minnesota a lead, which slipped away only to have the visitors force a third period tie.
- Jesper Wallstedt had 25 saves in the loss, allowing goals by Macklin Celebrini and William Eklund in the shootout. Marcus Foligno finally got his first goal of the season in the third period for the Wild, who trailed 3-1, only to pull back to level with a Mats Zuccarello goal later. Celebrini, still just a 19-year-old, continued to cause trouble for the Wild with a goal and an assist.
- That gives the former Hobey Baker Award winner 15 points in six career games versus Minnesota. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn the first period, Minnesota’s power play continued its recent dry spell, managing just one shot on the game’s initial man advantage.
- But Ryan Hartman’s poke pass out of the defensive zone kicked off a 2-on-1 rush which Tarasenko finished off, slipping a shot past San Jose goalie Yaroslav Askarov. It was the eighth goal of the season for Tarasenko. Leading 1-0 after a period, the Wild could take some defensive pride in holding Celebrini without a shot in the first.
- But the former top overall draft pick made his presence felt just 74 seconds into the middle frame, setting up rookie Igor Chernyshov for the tying goal.
