Game recap
Star Tribune's three stars
1. Zach Parise, Wild: Scored the winning goal and drew penalty that led to Jared Spurgeon's power-play goal; five shots.
2. Darcy Kuemper, Wild: Made 21 saves for his fifth consecutive victory in his 14th consecutive start.
3. Mikael Granlund, Wild: In first game vs. brother Markus, he had two assists, two shots and won seven of 11 faceoffs.
By the numbers
7 Consecutive games in which the Wild hasn't given up a power-play goal (19-for-19).
10-of-17 Faceoff circle numbers for Wild captain Mikko Koivu, who was minus-1 in his first game in eight weeks.
28 Assists for Ryan Suter, who had one on Spurgeon's goal.
MICHAEL RUSSO
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