Schaefer Matches Eriksson Ek as Wild and Islanders Tie 1-1

The first period ended 1-1, with Joel Eriksson Ek opening the scoring for Minnesota and Matthew Schaefer answering for New York. Eriksson Ek had one goal, one shot and a plus-1, while Kirill Kaprizov and Quinn Hughes each recorded an assist; Kaprizov had two shots, and Hughes added one hit. Schaefer scored on three shots, while Islanders assists went to Emil Heineman, who had two hits, and Victor Eklund, who also had two hits. Minnesota led 12-11 in shots, but New York had a 13-12 edge in hits. Ilya Sorokin made 11 saves on 12 shots (.917), Jesper Wallstedt stopped 10 of 11 (.909), and neither team scored on the power play.