St. Louis defeated Minnesota in the first game of the NHL playoffs

MOSCOW, May 3. St. «Minnesota Wild» in the first match of the series of the first round of the playoffs of the National Hockey League (NHL). The meeting, held in St. Paul, ended with a score of 4:0 (2:0, 1:0, 1:0) in favor of the guests . As part of the winners, a hat-trick was scored by David Perron (7, 37, 53 minutes), he also has an assist. Ryan O'Reilly (16) scored another goal. Minnesota's Russian forward Kirill Kaprizov made five shots on target. Wild defenseman Dmitry Kulikov made one shot, one hit and ended the match with a -2 utility score. Forward “St. Louis” Pavel Buchnevich made three shots, made one power move. His teammate Oleksiy Toropchenko has one hit and one shot. =false» width=»540″ height=»360″>The score in the series to four wins became 1-0 in favor of «St. Louis». The second meeting will take place in Minnesota on May 4th.