Gustavsson will get 2nd shutout of the season as Wild hand Kraken eighth straight loss with 3-0 win

SEATTLE — Filip Gustavsson stopped 24 pictures for his second shutout of the season, and the Minnesota Wild beat Seattle 3-0 Sunday night time handy the Kraken their eighth straight loss.

Matt Boldy, Marco Rossi and Joel Eriksson Ek scored for Minnesota, which improved to 5-2-0 since John Hynes changed the fired Dean Evason as coach on Nov. 27. Gustavsson acquired his fifth profession shutout.

Joey Daccord completed with 23 saves for the Kraken, who’ve been blanked twice throughout the second-longest shedding streak in franchise historical past. They are one away from matching the franchise report set December 2021 to January 2022 throughout their inaugural season.

Boldy put the Wild onto the board at 7:14 of the primary interval. He got here in wide-open on Daccord down the left wing with the goalie out of place and slid the puck behind his proper pad and contained in the publish for his seventh of the season.

Rossi made it 2-0 with 7:25 left within the sport for his ninth.

Eriksson Ek capped it with an empty-netter for his 14th with 3.9 seconds remaining.

PHOTOS: Gustavsson will get 2nd shutout of the season as Wild hand Kraken eighth straight loss with 3-0 win

Earlier Sunday, the Kraken introduced beginning goalie Philipp Grubauer was positioned on injured reserve with a decrease physique harm. He shall be out for at the least seven days. Grubauer sustained the harm late within the second interval of Saturday’s 4-3 time beyond regulation loss to Tampa Bay.

UP NEXT

Kraken: Host Florida on Tuesday night time.

Wild: Host Calgary on Thursday night time.