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Nashville Predators at Minnesota Wild

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Spurgeon scores in OT to give Wild 3-2 win over Predators

Jared Spurgeon scores the winning goal for Wild in OT

Kirill Kaprizov and Declan Chisholm also scored for the Wild, who are 5-1-1 in their last seven games. Filip Gustavsson stopped 25 shots.

Fedor Svechkov and Ryan O’Reilly scored and Roman Josi had two assists for the Predators, who have lost four in a row — the last three in overtime. Juuse Saros had 25 saves.

Spurgeon, who scored twice in Friday's win against Chicago, took a pass from Kaprizov in the slot and fired a high wrist shot that beat Saros for his third of the season.

Takeaways Predators: Nashville is tied for the fewest road wins in the league with two, and this loss kicked off a four-game road swing that also includes stops in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa.

Wild: For the second time in two nights, the Wild struggled to put away one of the bottom-dwellers in the Central Division. But they ran their record to 5-1-2 when tied after two periods and got just their second overtime win in six chances this season.

Key moment With 3:44 to play in the third period, Zachary L'Heureux broke in alone on Gustavsson, but the Wild goalie kicked aside a wrist shot to keep the score tied.

Key stat The Predators are 1-6 in overtime this season, and all six losses were by a 3-2 score.

Up Next Wild host Vancouver on Tuesday, while the Predators visit Toronto on Wednesday.

Regular Season Series

MIN leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 18:57 Declan Chisholm Goal (1) Slap Shot, assists: Frederick Gaudreau (9)
Goal 1st Period 19:39 Fedor Svechkov Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Luke Evangelista (8), Roman Josi (14)
Goal 2nd Period 2:29 Ryan O'Reilly Goal (5) Tip-In, assists: Steven Stamkos (6), Roman Josi (15)
Goal 2nd Period 8:24 Kirill Kaprizov Goal (15) Tip-In, assists: Marco Rossi (12), Jared Spurgeon (7)
Goal 4th Period 1:00 Jared Spurgeon Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Kirill Kaprizov (23), Joel Eriksson Ek (8)

Statistics

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8 Blocked Shots 21
30 Hits 22
4 Takeaways 5
27 Shots 28
1 Power Play Goals 1
3 Power Play Opportunities 3
33.3 Power Play Percentage 33.3
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
23 Faceoffs Won 21
52.3 Faceoff Win Percent 47.7
21 Giveaways 18
4 Total Penalties 4
11 Penalty Minutes 11

Game Information

Xcel Energy Center

Location: Saint Paul, MN
Attendance: 19,064 | Capacity:

2024-25 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Winnipeg 28 12 58 2
Minnesota 26 11 56 4
Dallas 25 13 51 1
Colorado 25 15 51 1
St. Louis 19 19 42 4
Utah 17 15 41 7
Nashville 13 21 33 7
Chicago 13 25 28 2
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