1. Minnesota finished off the regular season in style, surpassing the 100-point plateau in the process.
The Wild scored goals 3:59 apart in the first period to grab the lead, but saw the Sharks bite back with two goals in a span of just 64 seconds to even the game heading into the first intermission.
No problem.
After the Wild went an extended time without recording a shot on goal, Minnesota connected on three shots in 4 minutes, 6 seconds late in the second to open up a three-goal advantage.
Jonas Brodin and Matt Cullen scored first period tallies while Mikael Granlund and Jason Zucker accounted for the three in the second, including Zucker's 32nd and 33rd tallies only moments after his wife, Carly, trolled him on Twitter.
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After San Jose pulled its goaltender in the final minutes and got within 5-3, Eric Staal scored into the empty net, tying Marian Gaborik's franchise record with 42 goals on the season.
Nino Niederreiter and Tyler Ennis has two-assist nights for the Wild, as it reached the century mark in points for the fourth time in franchise history, finishing with 101.
It also extended a nice streak for Bruce Boudreau, whose teams have now reached at least 100 points in all eight seasons where he's served a full campaign a head coach.
2. Saturday was for the (first-year) boys.
Both Louie Belpedio, who was making his NHL debut on Saturday, and Jordan Greenway, playing in his sixth NHL game, found the scoresheet for the first time in their respective careers.
A two-year captain at Miami of Ohio and 2014 third-round draft pick of the Wild, Belpedio signed his entry-level contract on Thursday and met the team in Los Angeles after playing in 10 games in Iowa on an amateur tryout.
It took him until his seventh game with Iowa to get his first AHL point, but it took him all of 14 minutes, 52 seconds to get his first NHL point, garnering the second assist on Matt Cullen's first-period goal that gave the Wild a 2-0 lead.