Markstrom makes 40 saves, Flames defeat Wild in double shutout

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Jacob Markstrom made 40 saves in his first shutout of the season, and the Calgary Flames won 1-0 against the Minnesota Wild in a shootout at Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday. 

Markstrom made three more saves in the four-round shootout.

Nazem Kadri and Tyler Toffoli scored in the shootout for Calgary (29-23-13) which won its second straight of a back-to-back set. Markstrom made 29 saves in a 5-4 defeat of the Dallas Stars on Monday. 

Filip Gustavsson made 26 saves for Minnesota (36-21-7) which had won four straight. The Wild extended their point streak to 10 games (8-0-2).

Gustavsson and Markstrom took turns denying 2-on-1 attempts in the first period. 

Gustavsson stopped Elias Lindholm on a short-handed breakaway at 2:37. 

Markstrom then made a save on Kirill Kaprizov at 10:08 with the rebound just missing Mats Zuccarello. 

Gustavsson kept it 0-0 at 12:50 after Jacob Middleton gave the puck away for Dillon Dube to get a snap shot off.

Frederick Gaudreau held the puck too long in a 3-on-1 attempt against Markstrom at 4:16 of the second who made the easy pad save. 

Gustavsson again kept it 0-0 toward the end of the period, reaching back to cover up a rebound that dribbled loose from a Jakob Pelletier snap shot at 18:21 of the second period. 

Rasmus Andersson swatted a loose puck from the air, preventing a goal at 1:28 of the third period to keep it 0-0. 

Gustavsson denied Mikael Backlund on the backhand at 3:15 of overtime, and Jared Spurgeon appeared to score off the rebound at 3:14 of overtime but video review determined Spurgeon was offside.