wild/nhl

 
              === Wild edge Predators on Setoguchi's OT tally ===
 
 St. Paul, MN (Sports Network) - Devin Setoguchi scored the game-winner with 39
 seconds  left in overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 2-1 triumph over the
 Nashville Predators on Saturday at Xcel Energy Center.
 
 Cal  Clutterbuck also  the lit  the lamp,  while Ryan  Suter added  a pair  of
 assists to help the Wild snap a three-game skid.
 
 Niklas  Backstrom stopped  25 shots, including 12 in the third period, to earn
 the victory.
 
 Chris  Mason  saved 30-of-32 shots for  the Predators, who saw their four-game
 winning streak come to an end.
 
 "It's  disappointing," Mason  said of  the  loss. "I  think with  the way  the
 schedule  is, you  don't have time to dwell  on it and you have to try to take
 the positives and move forward. That's what we're going to do tonight, just be
 thankful for the point."
 
 Paul   Gaustad  scored   the  lone  Nashville  goal,  but  was  called  for  a
 controversial  hand pass in the faceoff circle at the 2:48 mark of overtime to
 set up Setoguchi's power-play tally.
 
 After  Backstrom  helped the Wild  kill off a pair  of penalties in the third,
 including  Setoguchi's  double-minor at the  6:18 mark, Minnesota made good on
 its fourth power play of the contest late in the extra session.
 
 With  a faceoff  in the  Nashville zone  just past  the midpoint  of overtime,
 Gaustad  stepped into the  faceoff circle and as he tried to win the draw, the
 puck deflected off his glove and he was sent to the box for delay of game.
 
 While on the man advantage, Mikko Koivu made a nice feed from the right dot to
 Setoguchi  in  the left  circle.  Setoguchi  then  one-timed  a blast  past  a
 sprawling Mason to send the Wild to victory at the 4:21 mark.
 
 "We  knew it was  going to be tough," Setoguchi said of playing the Predators.
 "Luckily we got that call in overtime."
 
 Nashville  struck  first near the midpoint  of the opening period when Gaustad
 pounded  home  a rebound off  a Craig Smith  shot for a  1-0 edge at the 10:11
 mark.
 
 Minnesota scored the equalizer with just over seven minutes left in the second
 when Suter ripped a shot from the high slot that Clutterbuck deflected through
 the five-hole of Mason to make it 1-1 at the 12:59 mark.
 
                                   Game Notes
 
 Setoguchi's  goal was  his first  of  the season  ... Nashville  had won  four
 straight  against  the Wild, including a  3-1 decision in Minnesota on Jan. 22
 ...  Nashville  finished 0-for-6  on the  power play,  while Minnesota went 1-
 for-4.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 02/09 23:41:02 ET