Michigan State remains atop the Big Ten with a five-point lead on second-place Minnesota. Claiming 10 out of 12 available points against the Gophers is a big reason. It’s the first season series win against Minnesota since going 3-1-0 in 2018-19, and the best overall since 1972-73, when Michigan State went 3-0-1.

The game will be considered a tie officially, but the shootout win for the Spartans means they’ll get the extra point in the Big Ten standings. Michigan State earned five of the six available points in this weekend’s two-game series against Minnesota. The Spartans now hold a five-point lead over the Golden Gophers in Big Ten play.

Junior forwards Isaac Howard and Daniel Russell scored in the shootout to give MSU the extra point in the Big Ten standings after tying in regulation.

Jimmy Snuggerud's goal made it a 5-3 game headed into the third period, but the Spartans lit the lamp four more times for the 9-3 final score. It is the most goals scored by an MSU team against Minnesota since Feb. 1, 1980.

The game will be considered a tie officially, but the shootout win for the Spartans means they’ll get the extra point in the Big Ten standings. Michigan State earned five of the six available points in this weekend’s two-game series against Minnesota. The Spartans now hold a five-point lead over the Golden Gophers in Big Ten play.

Jimmy Snuggerud scored twice and helped the No. 4/3 Golden Gophers men's hockey team rally for a 3-3 tie on the road at No. 2 Michigan State inside Munn Ice Arena Saturday night.

It was a much better effort from the fourth-ranked Gophers men's hockey team and it'll officially go down as a 3-3 tie with No. 2 Michigan State. But it was the Spartans who picked up the extra point in a shootout Saturday in East Lansing,