To cap a road trip that seemed like it would never end, the Minnesota Wild found a sudden and spectacular way to finish. Mats Zuccarello’s overtime goal off a set-up pass from Kirill Kaprizov lifted the Wild to a 3-2 win over the Kraken in Seattle on Thursday night. Brock Faber, who scored in the first period, started the overtime-winning play with a blocked pass to thwart a Seattle scoring chance, springing Kaprizov and Zuccarello on an odd-man rush. “Fabes made a great play breaking that up, and we got a chance to get a 2-on-1,” Zuccarello said. “I should probably have scored before in the game, but we’re staying over(night) anyway, so I might as well do it in the OT.” With the victory, the Wild finished their seven-game road trip with a 4-1-2 mark, getting at least a point in all but one game. Ryan Hartman had the opening goal for the Wild, who got 26 saves from Jesper Wallstedt to cool off the red-hot Kraken. “It’s always nice to finish with a win. The way the game played out, it kind of felt like we deserved a win today,” said Wallstedt, now 12-2-4 as the Wild’s starter. “It felt like we were, I don’t know if I would say the better team, but we were definitely leading the game we kind of felt like.” Seattle is now 8-0-2 in its last 10. The Wild out-shot Seattle 4-0 in overtime to win for the seventh time in a row when visiting the Kraken. With two assists in the game, Kaprizov now has reached the 50-point mark for the sixth time in his career. Minnesota was held scoreless on its first power play, and was out-shot in the opening 20 minutes, but still emerged with a two-goal lead via two shots through traffic that found their mark. Hartman got it going five minutes into the game when Kaprizov carried the puck into the zone, only to have it knocked off his stick. But the Kraken were slow to pounce on the takeaway, giving Hartman time to send a shot from distance past the Seattle goalie. It was the second consecutive game with a goal for Hartman. Late in the first, Faber doubled the lead, completing a crisp passing play among the Wild’s other two Team USA Olympians. Passes from Matt Boldy and Quinn Hughes set up Faber for a long shot into the net’s top left corner. It was the 10th goal of the season for Faber, tying his career high. “Coming off a loss in L.A., we knew we needed the bounce back with two points to consider this a good trip,” Faber said, after scoring his 10th goal of the season, which ties a career high. “Obviously gave up two there. There was no panic in the group and…I thought that could have easily been done in regulation if we pop a few.” Late in the first, Hartman clipped former Gophers captain Ben Meyers in the Seattle offensive zone, and was whistled for tripping. But Minnesota’s penalty killers, ranked atop the NHL when playing on the road, held the Kraken harmless. The second period was all Minnesota early, with the Wild out-shooting Seattle 7-1 at one point, and coming perilously close to a three-goal lead. The the Kraken turned the tables in the final few minutes of the middle frame, forcing Wallstedt into the fight where he stopped everything thrown his way. The third period began without second-line center Joel Eriksson Ek on the visitors bench, and the Wild juggled lines to account for his absence. “It was nothing major. I think he just got intertwined a little bit with a guy right at the bench,” Wild coach John Hynes said of the injury to Eriksson Ek, adding that he is considered day to day. “It wasn’t even a hit or anything like that. Just one of those freak accidents.” With Minnesota looking disjointed in its own zone, the Kraken took advantage and cut the lead in half when Adam Larsson zipped a low shot from the top of the right circle. Then the Wild ran into penalty trouble, with back-to-back trips to the penalty box. They killed the first one, but could not kill both, and the Kraken forged a tie near the midway point of the third. Phillip Grubauer had 31 saves for Seattle. The Kraken will complete their season series with the Wild on April 7 with Seattle’s lone visit to St. Paul. After finishing their longest road trip of the season, and longest in franchise history in terms of most consecutive days away from home, the Wild fly east Friday to enjoy the comforts of home. They will play their next three at Grand Casino Arena, starting Saturday evening with a 7 p.m. opening faceoff versus the New York Islanders. Related Articles Daemon Hunt returns to blue line as Wild conclude road marathon World Juniors title a big deal for Wild’s Swedes Kings stave off Wild comeback bid With Zach Bogosian out, Matt Kiersted gets another shot on Wild blue line Even in rainy SoCal, the Wild are feeling at home on the road ...read more read less