Marco Rossi scored two goals and added an assist, leading the Minnesota Wild to a 5-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Mats Zuccarello and Jonas Brodin each had a goal and an assist for the Wild, who won three of their last four games. Declan Chisholm also scored for Minnesota.
Colton Sissons, Jonathan Marchessault, and Ryan O’Reilly scored for Nashville.
Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson made 43 saves on 46 shots, improving his record to 17-6-3 this season. Predators goalie Justus Annunen allowed five goals on 38 shots.
Chisholm gave Minnesota the lead at 2:52 of the second period with a power-play goal. He took a slap shot that sailed over Annunen’s glove and into the net, putting the Wild ahead 4-3.
Rossi scored again on the power play at 12:53 of the third period to extend Minnesota’s lead to 5-3. He was parked in front of the net and knocked in a loose puck.
The Wild took the lead early, with Rossi scoring a deflection goal 7:54 into the game. Zuccarello fired a shot from the left circle, and Rossi tipped it in for the first goal.
Sissons tied the game at 1-all just 3:06 later. He tipped in a slap shot from Brady Skjei, which came from near the blue line.
Nashville went ahead 2-1 with 4:46 left in the first period when Marchessault scored on a one-timer after the Wild turned the puck over in their own zone.
Zuccarello tied the game at 2 with a power-play goal at 13:41 of the second period. Joel Eriksson Ek made a great pass to Zuccarello, who scored from in front of the net.
Minnesota regained the lead at 3-2 when Brodin scored a long shot through traffic with 11:03 left in the second. Annunen couldn’t track the puck in time.
The game remained tight, and Nashville’s O’Reilly scored to make it 3-3 with 7:59 remaining in the second period. It was his second goal in the last four games.
