Jared Spurgeon comes up big again and wins the OT winner as the Wild top Predators

Jared Spurgeon scored the game-winning goal 58 seconds into overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night in St. Paul, Minn.

Spurgeon and Kirill Kaprizov each finished with a goal and an assist for Minnesota, which won its third straight game. Declan Chisholm also had a goal.

Fedor Svechkov and Ryan O’Reilly each scored for Nashville, which suffered a third straight overtime loss. Roman Josi had two assists.

Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win.

Predators goalkeeper Juuse Saros gave up three goals on 28 shots.

Kaprizov set up the game-winning goal when he carried the puck into the offensive zone and sent a backhand pass to Spurgeon in the slot. Spurgeon buried a one-timer for his third goal, all of which have come over the past two games.

It marked the second game-winning goal in as many days for Spurgeon, who lifted the Wild to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday afternoon.

The Wild took a 1-0 lead with 1:03 left in the first period. Chisholm ripped a shot through traffic and into the net for his first goal of the season and fourth of his career.

Nashville tied the game with 21 seconds left in the first period when Svechkov scored his first NHL goal on a one-timer from the right circle.

The 21-year-old Svechkov celebrated along the boards before his teammates greeted him with fist bumps and hugs. He was the Predators’ first-round pick (No. 19 overall) in 2021.

Nashville took a 2-1 lead on the power play with 17:31 left in the second period. Steven Stamkos fired a hard pass to the slot and O’Reilly redirected it into the net for his fifth goal.

The Wild answered with a power play goal of their own with 11:36 left in the second period. Kaprizov used one hand to redirect the puck into the net for his team-leading 15th goal.

–Field-level media