The night was as close to perfect as the Minnesota Wild could hope for in their season-opening 5-0 win over the St. Louis Blues. The top line connected for two goals while Ryan Hartman is already within nine goals of his total from last season. Joel Eriksson Ek added a power play goal to round out the offense. Most importantly, Filip Gustavsson looked like the number one goaltender the team needed him to be.
In his first game since signing a five-year, $34 million contract the Swedish netminder stopped 27 shots, including 14 in the second period as St.