Jared Spurgeon scored the game-winning goal just 58 seconds into overtime to give the Minnesota Wild a 3-2 win over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night in St. Paul, Minn.
Spurgeon and Kirill Kaprizov each had a goal and an assist for Minnesota, which won its third straight game. Declan Chisholm also scored a goal.
For Nashville, Fedor Svechkov and Ryan O’Reilly each scored, as the team lost its third consecutive overtime game. Roman Josi recorded two assists.
Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson made 25 saves on 27 shots to secure the win, while Predators goalie Juuse Saros allowed three goals on 28 shots.
Kaprizov set up the game-winning goal by carrying the puck into the offensive zone and sending a backhand pass to Spurgeon in the slot. Spurgeon then scored with a one-timer, his third goal in two games.
This was Spurgeon’s second game-winning goal in as many days, as he also scored to help the Wild defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Friday afternoon.
Minnesota took a 1-0 lead with 1:03 left in the first period. Chisholm fired a slap shot through traffic for his first goal of the season and the fourth of his career.
Nashville tied the game with 21 seconds remaining in the first period when Svechkov scored his first NHL goal with a one-timer from the right circle. Svechkov, a 2021 first-round pick, celebrated with his teammates.
The Predators took a 2-1 lead on a power play with 17:31 left in the second period. Steven Stamkos passed to the slot, where O’Reilly redirected the puck into the net for his fifth goal.
The Wild responded with a power-play goal of their own at 11:36 of the second. Kaprizov redirected the puck into the net with one hand for his team-leading 15th goal.
