Gustavsson, Wild shut out Ducks, again, 4-0 Gustavsson makes 27 saves for shutout

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In Anaheim, the visiting Minnesota Wild posted another  shutout over the Ducks on Tuesday night, this time, 4-0.

Last week, the Wild put a 2-0 loss on the Ducks in St Paul.

Filip Gustavsson made 27 saves in the win.

“We knew we were going to spend a lot of time in their zone, and the guys played really good,” Gustavsson said. “We were down there most of the game.”

The Wild moved to 34-27-8, pushing their point streak to 6-0-2.

“We put ourselves in this situation, and we need to find some points somewhere,” Gustavsson said. “Right now, we’re doing our best to do that.”

After a scoreless first period, the Wild posted three goals in the middle frame.

Ryan Hartman scored with 35 seconds elapsed in the second for a 1-0 lead to the Wild.

Jon Merrill pushed the lead to 2-0 1:56, scoring off a wrister from above the left circle.

“He’s so talented too, it’s fun to see,” the Wild’ Frederick Gaudreau said. “I’m sure it’s weird at first, being new to everything, but he was good right off the bat, and he just keeps getting better, so it’s awesome to see.”

Kirill Kaprizov stretched the advantage to 3-0 at 11:50, scoring off a power play.

“It wasn’t a bad first period by any means, but I just didn’t think we had a ton going on,” Minnesota coach John Hynes said. “Then a couple changes, and then we got off to a quick start in the second, and I think we were able to build the game the right way from there.”

The Ducks dropped to 23-43-3 off their seventh straight loss.

“Trying to keep up the mood is not easy [after] losing seven games in a row,” Anaheim forward Frank Vatrano said. “It’s not fun losing. We just have to get back on track soon.”

In the third, the Wild’s Jacob Lucchini hit at 13:03, scoring off an odd man rush for the 4-0 final.

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John Gibson made 28 saves in the loss.

“There’s got to be a sense of danger there, and you’ve just got to throw the puck down deep,” Ducks coach Greg Cronin said of Zellweger’s turnover. “You’ve got to learn that. He’s a rookie, and he’ll learn from his mistakes, but I don’t care what the score is, you just don’t do that.”