Jesper Wallstedt stopped a career-high 42 shots and three more in a shootout, Matt Boldy scored in regulation and had the lone goal in the tiebreaker in the Minnesota Wild 's 4-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night.
The Hurricanes outshot Minnesota 45-18 and scored with 1:06 left with their net empty to force overtime. But Wallstedt's third great showing in a row and 24 blocked shots helped the Wild improve to 5-0-1 in their past six games.
Jackson Blake scored twice for the Hurricanes, including late from the crease on a stuff-in that barely crossed the goal line and had to be reviewed. The Fargo, North Dakota, native had two more chances in overtime, including a breakaway.
Wallstedt then kept Seth Jarvis, Andrei Svechnikov and Taylor Hall from scoring in the sh

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