KUEMPER HELPS MINNESOTA TAKE GAME 3 IN OT
Apr 21, 2014St. Paul, MN - Forward Mikael Granlund's diving shot 5:08 into overtime gave the Minnesota Wild a 1-0 win over Semyon Varlamov and the Colorado Avalanche in Game 3 on Monday to pull within 2-1 in the best-of-seven series. Varlamov stopped 45 of 46 shots, a franchise playoff record number of shots on goal for the Wild.
Granlund stickhandled toward the net for a wrist shot, and as he was falling forward took a stab at the puck to finally put one past Varlamov.
Former Iowa Wild goalie Darcy Kuemper made 22 saves, but the Wild goalie in his first career playoff start was just as good as his counterpart.
Game 4 is at Xcel Energy Center on Thursday.
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