(Photo: Tom Olmscheid, AP)
St. Paul, Minn. — If ever a team needed a result like this one, it was the Red Wings.
Mired in a long and frustrating stretch of losing, the Red Wings surprised the Minnesota Wild Saturday 5-2.
Tyler Bertuzzi had three goals, his first career hat trick, and Thomas Vanek scored two goals as the Red Wings won for only the third time in the last 16 games (3-10-3).
The Wings (17-23-7) outshot Minnesota 37-19, including 21-2 in the second period, an indication of the Wild’s indifference in this game.