Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues

· National Hockey League

Minnesota Wild

1-0-0

Final
5 - 0

St. Louis Blues

0-1-0

Hartman scores twice, Gustavsson makes 27 saves in Wild's 5-0 win over Blues in opener

Matt Boldy, Joel Eriksson Ek and Marco Rossi also scored, and Kirill Kaprizov had three assists in his first game since signing an eight-year, $136 million contract. Gustavsson played days after agreeing to a five-year, $34 million contract extension.

Hartman and Boldy — who also had two assists — scored late in the first period. Hartman connected from the edge of the slot with 4:06 left and Boldy had a tip past Jordan Binnington with 2:30 to go.

Eriksson Ek scored on a power-play rebound with 7:33 left in the second period for his 300th career point. Hartman added his second goal with 2:24 left in the period, beating Binnington from close range.

Rossi scored off a rebound at 7:26 of the third.

Up next Wild: Host Columbus on Saturday night.

Blues: At Calgary on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

MIN leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 15:54	Ryan Hartman Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Marcus Johansson (1)
Goal	1st Period 17:30	Matt Boldy Goal (1) Tip-In, assists: Kirill Kaprizov (1), Marco Rossi (1)
Goal	2nd Period 12:27	Joel Eriksson Ek Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Kirill Kaprizov (2), Matt Boldy (1)
Goal	2nd Period 17:36	Ryan Hartman Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Yakov Trenin (1)
Goal	3rd Period 7:27	Marco Rossi Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Kirill Kaprizov (3), Matt Boldy (2)

Statistics

MIN		STL
16	Blocked Shots	17
19	Hits	40
3	Takeaways	5
21	Shots	26
1	Power Play Goals	0
3	Power Play Opportunities	2
33.3	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
29	Faceoffs Won	25
53.7	Faceoff Win Percent	46.3
9	Giveaways	14
2	Total Penalties	3
4	Penalty Minutes	6