Wild succumb again! Rossi shines, but the defeat remains.

Wild succumb again! Rossi shines, but the defeat remains.

The Minnesota Wild suffered another bitter defeat on October 27, 2025. In the game against the San Jose Sharks, the Wild lost 5-6 after overtime, for the third time in a row. San Jose started strong and led 2-0 after less than 15 minutes thanks to goals from William Eklund and Michael Misa.

However, the Wild didn't give up. In the 18th minute, Marco Rossi brought the Wild closer with an assist for Johansson's goal, scored on the power play. Rossi equalized a short time later. Shortly afterwards, however, the Sharks restored their lead in the second period with further goals from Eklund and Ryan Reaves within 19 seconds.

Game progression and decisive moments

In the final third, Ryan Hartman cut the lead to 3:4 on the power play, but a little later Toffoli increased San Jose's lead to 5:3. But Minnesota didn't want to give up the game: just 36 seconds later, Buium made it 4:5. Eriksson Ek then equalized in the 58th minute and took the game into overtime.

In overtime, the Wild dominated the game, but could not overcome the strong goalie Askarov from San Jose. The decisive goal came from Macklin Celebrini in the 64th minute, who decided the game for the Sharks and made the duel for the Wild to finish in 13th place in the Western Conference even more difficult.

Services from Marco Rossi and Team Stats

Marco Rossi scored his second goal of the season in this game and had a total of two shots on goal. His personal record continues to improve, as only Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy have collected more scorer points within the team this season. Rossi plays an important role in the team and now has six assists in the current season.

The Wild continue to be stuck in a negative spiral and have now lost six of their last seven games. In the upcoming game, Minnesota will face the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday, a game that is desperately needed to escape the current crisis. Meanwhile, this win gave San Jose a balanced record of 2-2-0 on their four-game road trip.

The attentive performance of Sharks goalie Askarov, who saved 28 shots, was crucial to his team's success, while Minnesota's Jesper Wallstedt only made 19 saves. Wild coach John Hynes commented after the game on his team's fighting spirit, which allowed them to stay in the game even when the results weren't as expected.

Overall, the situation remains tense for the Minnesota Wild and they urgently need to find their form to avoid falling further behind in the highly competitive Western Conference.

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