Rossi's shootout winner lifts Wild past Kings

Marco Rossi scored in the fourth round of the shootout to give the Minnesota Wild a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night in St. Paul, after Los Angeles erased a three-goal deficit late in regulation. The Wild led 3-0 after the first period on three powerplay goals, but the Kings rallied with three third-period goals to force overtime before Minnesota prevailed in the shootout.

Jared Spurgeon opened the scoring 1:40 into the game with a shot from the right circle that beat Los Angeles goalie Darcy Kuemper through a screen. Kirill Kaprizov converted on a two-man advantage and Matt Boldy tapped in a rebound off Kuemper late in the first period to put Minnesota ahead 3-0. The score stood until the third period, when Kevin Fiala banked a rebound off Wild goalie Jesper Wallstedt, Quinton Byfield converted a powerplay one-timer, and Adrian Kempe scored on an empty-net rebound with 44.4 seconds remaining to send the game to overtime.

Wallstedt, making his season debut and his first start since December 21, 2024, stopped 31 shots for Minnesota. Kuemper finished with 23 saves for Los Angeles. Rossi supplied the decisive shootout goal in the fourth round after both teams...