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Wild lose to Sharks in shootout; Mason Shaw 'really dirty' hit under review

Mason Shaw's hit was called "really dirty" by a San Jose Sharks analyst.

Joe Nelson

Wild lose to Sharks in shootout; Mason Shaw 'really dirty' hit under review
Wild lose to Sharks in shootout; Mason Shaw 'really dirty' hit under review /

Minnesota led 2-0 with six minutes left in regulation and wound up losing at home to the San Jose Sharks 3-2 in a shootout Sunday night. 

The loss drops the Wild to 7-6-2 overall and 2-4-1 at home, where they were among the best in the NHL last season with a 27-10-4 record inside the Xcel Energy Center. 

Leading 2-0 late in the third, the Sharks beat Filip Gustavsson, who had 35 saves on the night, to cut the Wild lead in half. One minute, 53 seconds later ex-Wild winger Nico Sturm scored to tie the game. 

Neither team scored in overtime and the shootout went to five rounds when Alexander Barabanov won it for the Sharks. 

Minnesota's first goal of the night went to Frederick Gaudreau after a beautiful pass through traffic by Kirill Kaprizov. And Conor Dewar made it 2-0 with a shorthanded goal 3:37 into the third period. 

Mason Shaw assisted on Dewar's shorty but Shaw could be in trouble as Michael Russo reports that the NHL is reviewing his high hit that knocked Radim Simek out of the game. The replay isn't great, but it appears Shaw catches Simek in the jaw with his shoulder. 

"It's a tough play. I'll let the league decide on that," Sharks coach David Quinn said after the game. "Right now, we're not sure yet [about Simek]. We'll know a lot more tomorrow morning about him."

Aside from the two late goals, Gustavsson was outstanding. He stopped all five shots when the Wild were on the penalty kill, which has been phenomenal of late. Minnesota has killed off 15 straight opposing power plays over the last four games. 

And after allowing 27 goals in the first five games of the season, the Wild have surrendered just 17 in the last 10 games. 

Up next: Wild at Nashville on Tuesday. Minnesota then opens a seven-game homestand Thursday against the Penguins.

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Joe Nelson
JOE NELSON

Title: Bring Me The Sports co-owner, editor Email: joe@bringmethenews.com Twitter: @JoeBMTN Education: Southwest Minnesota State University Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Expertise: All things Minnesota sports Nelson has covered Minnesota sports for two decades, starting his media career in sports radio. He worked at small market Minnesota stations in Marshall and St. Cloud before joining one of the nation's highest-rated sports stations, KFAN-FM 100.3 in the Twin Cities. There, he was the producer of the top-rated mid-morning sports show with Minnesota Vikings announcer Paul Allen.  His radio experience helped blossom a career as a sports writer, joining Minneapolis-based Bring Me The News in 2011.  Nelson and Adam Uren became co-owners of Bring Me The News in 2018 and have since more than tripled the site's traffic and launched Bring Me The Sports in cooperation with the Sports Illustrated/FanNation umbrella. Nelson has covered the Super Bowl and numerous training camps, NFL combines, the MLB All-Star Game and Minnesota playoff games, in addition to the day-to-day happenings on and off the field of play.  Nelson also has extensive knowledge of non-sports subjects, including news and weather. He works closely with Bring Me The News meteorologist Sven Sundgaard to produce a bevy of weather and climate information for Minnesota readers.  Nelson helped launch and manage the Bring Me The News Radio Network, which provided more than 50 radio stations around Minnesota with daily news, sports and weather reports from 2011-17. 

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