Wild get first win in Ottawa

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In Ottawa, the visiting Minnesota Wild picked up their first win of the season, 2-0, over the Senators.

Victor Rask and Zach Parise scored for the Wild who improved to 1-4-0.

“I’m not sure if we’ve had the lead at all this year,” Parise said. “So to get the lead, I think we were pretty comfortable with how we were playing without the puck. So to get that one, I think we were pretty confident we could lock it down and maybe get that second one.”

Alex Stalock made 26 saves to get the win.

“I’ve just been in practice working hard,” Stalock said. “I know my role here, and that’s to go in and give the team a chance to win when I get the chance. It happened to be my night and we played a great game. We talked about limiting minute breakdowns or two-minute breakdowns, that’s what’s kind of been costing us all year. I think, tonight, we didn’t have one lull where we broke down and gave them momentum.”

The loss dropped the Sens to 1-4-0.

The Wild have not played well and welcomed the lead for the first time this season.

“I think those are the kind of games we’re going to have to win, 6-5 is probably not in our repertoire,” Wild head coach Bruce Boudreau said. “But 2-1, 3-1, if we can do that a lot, then we’ll be a successful team.

“I think the biggest thing was commitment to playing team defense. When the puck was in our zone, it was stops and starts, and we gave up chances, but you’re going to give up chances every game to an NHL team. It’s a good start. I don’t want to put anyone down, but we’re not going to score five goals every game. We’ve got to hold teams to one or two, and if you do that, you usually have success.”

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Craig Anderson made 33 saves in the loss.

“We’ll figure it out,” Anderson said. “It’s just a matter of getting the reps in and getting that confidence. We’ve got some skilled players, some great players, and it just hasn’t clicked for us yet. It’s only a matter of time, right? Keep working at it. Tonight wasn’t our power play’s night, but maybe the next game will be.”