Star Tribune's Three Stars
1. Darcy Kuemper, Wild: Made 18 of his 23 saves in the last two periods for his first career shutout and third career victory.
2. Dany Heatley, Wild: Scored 63rd game-winning goal of his career and had an assist.
3. Charlie Coyle, Wild: Was a horse all night and assisted on goals by Heatley and Jason Zucker.
By the numbers
5 Assists in six games vs. Nashville for former Predators player Ryan Suter.
5 Even-strength goals by Nashville in past seven meetings with Minnesota.
8 Points in past eight games for Nino Niederreiter, Sunday's coming on an assist.
MICHAEL RUSSO
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