Minnesota Wild at New Jersey Devils

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Minnesota Wild

3-4-1

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New Jersey Devils

6-1-0

Nico Daws makes 29 saves, Devils beat Wild 4-1 for 6th straight victory

New Jersey began the streak after an opening loss at Carolina, winning three each at home and on the road. The winning streak is the Devils' longest since a 13-game run early in the 2022-23 season.

Jesper Bratt had an empty-net goal, and Dawson Mercer added two assists.

Cotter opened the scoring with 3:39 left in the first, jamming a loose puck past goalie Filip Gustavsson for his first of the season.

Minnesota’s Matt Boldy ruined Daws’ shutout bid with his fifth goal midway through the third.

Daws made his season debut after Jake Allen won New Jersey’s three previous contests. Starter Jacob Markstrom was injured in a victory at Columbus on Oct. 13.

New Jersey denied three Wild power plays to extend its streak of penalty kills to 21. The Devils have allowed just one power-play goal in seven games.

The Wild finished a five-game trip with one win, 3-1 over the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Monday.

Up next Devils: Host San Jose on Friday night.

Wild: Host Utah on Saturday night to start a six-game homestand.

Regular Season Series

NJ leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 16:21	Paul Cotter Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Connor Brown (1), Dawson Mercer (3)
Goal	2nd Period 6:08	Brenden Dillon Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Dawson Mercer (4), Simon Nemec (4)
Goal	3rd Period 4:53	Arseny Gritsyuk Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Timo Meier (4)
Goal	3rd Period 10:37	Matt Boldy Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Joel Eriksson Ek (5), Zeev Buium (5)
Goal	3rd Period 18:43	Jesper Bratt Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Jonas Siegenthaler (1)

Statistics

MIN		NJ
20	Blocked Shots	19
25	Hits	8
4	Takeaways	5
31	Shots	35
0	Power Play Goals	1
3	Power Play Opportunities	2
0.0	Power Play Percentage	50.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
31	Faceoffs Won	27
53.4	Faceoff Win Percent	46.6
9	Giveaways	15
2	Total Penalties	3
4	Penalty Minutes	6

New Jersey Devils Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Connor Brown, RW	Day-To-Day	Oct 31
Cody Glass, C	Injured Reserve	Oct 28
Brett Pesce, D	Out	Oct 28
Zack MacEwen, RW	Injured Reserve	Oct 15
Johnathan Kovacevic, D	Injured Reserve	Oct 12