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Wild-Detroit game recap

January 13, 2019 at 4:44AM
Detroit Red Wings' Frans Nielsen, center, of Denmark, and Filip Hronek (17), of the Czech Republic, congratulate Thomas Vanek, left, of Austria, after he scored a goal against the Minnesota Wild during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid)
Detroit's Frans Nielsen, center, and Filip Hronek (17) congratulated Thomas Vanek after Vanek's second-period goal against his old team. (Ken Chia — AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

STAR TRIBUNE'S THREE STARS

1. Tyler Bertuzzi, Red Wings: The winger recorded his first hat trick.

2. Thomas Vanek, Red Wings: The former Wild forward scored twice.

3. Dylan Larkin, Red Wings: The center assisted on all three of Bertuzzi's goals.

BY THE NUMBERS

1 Goal by Detroit in the first minute of each period.

2 Shots by the Wild in the second period compared to 21 for the Red Wings.

SARAH McLELLAN

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