Yakov Trenin gets two for boarding and two for roughing. He blasted Namestnikov into the boards. Vilardi came in to challenge Trenin. He gets a roughing penalty. Jets to the power play.

Namestnikov just went to the locker room.

Dangerous hit from behind by Jiricek on Ford. Anderson Dolan comes running in and lands a few punches on Jiricek. Only Jiricek goes for boarding. Interesting.

Hynes wants an explanation. Don't blame him. Usually when someone takes their gloves off and starts punching someone, they get a penalty. Not the case here.

Wild kill it off. Hellebuyck to the bench. 1:04 left.

WPG takes its timeout. 37.2 seconds left. 3-2 MN.

That will do it. Wild win it 3-2. A goal and an assist for Kirill Kaprizov on the day he signs an 8-year contract extension. Jesper Wallstedt with a solid game in net.

John Hynes said this was a planned thing. Didn’t switch because of performance or anything.

Jackson LaCombe last season: — 14 goals (11th among defensemen) — 43 points — 4.49 zone entries at 5v5 per game (10th among defensemen) — $7.2m market value via The Athletic • Unbelievable in transition (as good as any dman his age) • Elite wristshot • Elite skating •

In addition, Jack Johnson has been released from his PTO.

Our lines for game one:

Charlie Stramel scores on the deflection to make it 3-0 Spartans early in the second period!

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No Leo Gruba tonight. Got hurt yesterday. Luca Di Pasquo will start.

Bob Motzko was fuming on the bench with 35 seconds left. Asked for a review for a potential major at 3:44. Tech’s Ryan Abraham grabs the cage of Luke Mittelstadt behind the net and threw him down. Refs said after the review there was no major penalty.

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