NHL - Minnesota Wild @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 - Thursday, March 03, 2016

The Minnesota Wild scored two power-play goals to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 at Air Canada Centre. The Wild power play has scored 13 goals in the past 11 road games; it scored in six of the first 22 road games. The Wild have won three in a row. The Maple Leafs have lost four in a row and five of six. It was Toronto's first of 10 home games in March.
Jake Gardiner gave the Maple Leafs a 1-0 lead at 7:33 of the second period when his slap shot from the left point caught the top far corner for his sixth goal of the season. The Wild tied it 1-1 at 11:08 with Toronto defenseman Frank Corrado off for hooking. Minnesota captain Mikko Koivu attempted a pass to Zach Parise, who was battling for position with Maple Leafs defenseman Matt Hunwick in front of the net. The puck appeared to hit the stick of Toronto goaltender Garret Sparks and popped into the air, over the goalie and into the net. The unassisted goal was Koivu's 14th of the season, his eighth with the man-advantage.
Toronto's Leo Komarov was assessed an interference penalty at 10:07 of the third period, and Granlund took a pass from Thomas Vanek and snapped a shot to the short side past Sparks at 11:35 to give the Wild a 2-1 lead. It was Granlund's eighth goal of the season. Toronto did not get a power play; Minnesota had four. Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock took a bench minor for unsportsmanlike conduct following Granlund's goal.
It was the seventh time in Wild history they did not take a penalty in a game, and interim coach John Torchetti deadpanned, "I thought our kill was great."

Wild Quotes

Mikael Granlund: "We have to keep doing that. Right now our confidence on the PP is way up. I don't know if we are doing anything special. It's just the way it goes; sometimes the pucks go in and sometimes they don't. When you have the confidence in your power play that is a huge thing."
"I knew Tommy can make that pass on that play. He gave me an unbelievable pass and I just shot it and it went in. That's all."Devan Dubnyk: "That was a tough game. They are working hard as a group over there and obviously they have a lot of young guys. They played us hard, and it's an important game on the road to stick with what we have been doing well. I thought we defended well all game. I don't think we put ourselves in a position to have a penalty called against us. I think both sides played pretty hard and I didn't see any glaring calls that could have been called but weren't. It's nice to see sometimes. You don't always want a makeup call just because there have been a couple calls on one side."