ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) Zach Parise and Jason Pominville scored in the shootout, lifting the Minnesota Wild to a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night.
Parise tied the game late in the third period for Minnesota, which has won five of six and is 8-1-2 in its last 11. The Wild have been involved in three straight shootouts winning two.
Mason Raymond scored a power-play goal for Toronto, which has scored just three regulation goals in its last four outings. Jonathan Bernier had 33 saves.
Josh Harding had 19 saves for the Wild in relief of Niklas Backstrom, who was run over by Toronto's Nazem Kadri 7 minutes into the game. Kadri's elbow appeared to hit Backstrom in the head.
Kadri was also assessed a match penalty for illegally hitting Mikael Granlund in the head in the second period and likely faces a long suspension.