Extra effort: Wild players to score OT playoff winners

Joel Eriksson Ek joined a group with eight other former Wild players.

May 17, 2021 at 6:49AM
ST. PAUL - 4/21/03 - The Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche were tied 3 - 2 in overtime to force a seventh game in their NHL playoff series Monday night at Xcel Energy Center.
Players swarmed Richard Park after he scored the first OT winner in Wild playoff history, beating Colorado 3-2 in Game 6 of the 2003 first-round playoff series at Xcel Energy Center. (STAR TRIBUNE/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Richard Park: April 21, 2003, first round, Game 6 at Xcel Energy Center — Wild 3, Colorado 2 (4:22 of OT)

Andrew Brunette: April 22, 2003, first round, Game 7 at Colorado — Wild 3, Colorado 2 (3:25)

Keith Carney: April 11, 2008, first round, Game 2 at Xcel Energy Center — Wild 3, Colorado 2 (1:14)

Pierre-Marc Bouchard: April 13, 2008, first round, Game 3 at Colorado — Wild 3, Colorado 2 (11:58)

Jason Zucker: May 5, 2013, first round, Game 3 at Xcel Energy Center — Wild 3, Chicago 2 (2:15)

Mikael Granlund: April 21, 2014, first round, Game 3 at Xcel Energy Center — Wild 1, Colorado 0 (5:08)

Nino Niederreiter: April 30, 2014, first round, Game 7 at Colorado — Wild 5, Colorado 4 (5:02)

Mikko Koivu: April 22, 2016, first round, Game 5 at Dallas — Wild 5. Dallas 4 (4:55)

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Joel Eriksson Ek: May 16, 2021, first round, Game 1 at Vegas — Wild 1, Vegas 0 (3:20)

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