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Jared Spurgeon and Marat Khusnutdinov scored in the first period, Filip Gustavsson stopped 31 shots, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Wednesday

Wins again Saturday

Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and two assists, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots for his second shutout of the season, and the Florida Panthers beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-0 on Wednesday night.

Bobrovsky is set to start in Saturday's road tilt versus San Jose. Bobrovsky has a 19-11-2 record, 2.83 GAA and .897 save percentage in 32 outings in 2024-25. He stopped 28 of 30 shots en route to ...

Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and two assists, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots for his second shutout of the season, and Florida beat Los Angeles.