
ST. PAUL, Minn. — — Bryan Rust had a aim and an help, Tristan Jarry made 26 saves and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota 4-1 on Thursday evening at hand the Wild their fifth straight loss.
Rust’s tip-in of Ryan Shea’s lengthy go from the purpose broke a 1-1 tie 6:29 into the third. Ben Kindel added an insurance coverage aim a minute later.
Shea additionally scored and Anthony Mantha had an empty-net aim for Pittsburgh, which improved to 5-1-1 on the highway. Jarry improved to 13-5-2 since coming back from an AHL stint late final season. The 30-year-old goalie held the Wild scoreless on 4 energy performs after they entered main the Western Convention with 14 targets with the person benefit.
Kirill Kaprizov had the lone aim for Minnesota, which has misplaced eight of 9, together with 4 straight to start out a six-game homestand. Filip Gustavsson made 30 saves.
Shea’s slap shot off a unfastened puck exterior the left faceoff circle tied it 2:18 into the second interval. Gustavsson stopped former Wild ahead Connor Dewar on a short-handed breakaway earlier than Jarry made two point-blank saves to assist hold it tied coming into the third.
The Wild opened the scoring for the primary time in six video games when Kaprizov tapped in a cross-ice go from Marcus Johansson with 9:44 left within the first. It was Kaprizov’s team-leading seventh aim.
Evgeni Malkin appeared to reply for Pittsburgh lower than three minutes later, however the aim was waved off due to goaltender interference. Penguins coach Dan Muse unsuccessfully challenged the decision.
The sequence then included the substitute of a broken piece of glass subsequent to the Wild bench, resulting in a stoppage of greater than 5 minutes earlier than the following Wild energy play.
Penguins: On the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday.
Wild: Host the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday evening.
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