Wildly cut the Predators down quickly in overtime, and just got the lead in the NHL

Juuse Saros was back in net after the Predators traded backup Scott Wedgewood to Colorado earlier in the day. The busy weekend didn’t slow down Saros, though, who was sharp early en route to a 25-save performance.

He denied 12 Wild shots before Declan Chisholm’s slapper inside the blue line sailed in with 1:03 left in the first period. The goal, Chisholm’s first of the season, capped an impressive week for the sophomore defenseman, who played in all three games after being an occasional healthy scratch and was solid in his own end (most recently alongside Spurgeon with Jonas Brodin injured).

But Nashville retaliated on the very next shift on Fedor Svechkov’s first NHL goal, a one-time cross-court pass at 19:39.

In the second period, the Predators moved forward on the power play, with Ryan O’Reilly taking advantage of a slick between-the-legs deflection at 2:29.

Kaprizov answered back with his own redirection on a Wild power play, with the winger tipping in a Marco Rossi feed at 8:24 for his team-leading 15th goal and 37th point. The goal was also the 61st of Kaprizov’s career on the power play, moving him past Mikko Koivu for second in Wild history; Zach Parise is first with 69 goals.

Spurgeon also assisted on Kaprizov’s goal after the defenseman scored twice to lead the Wild’s 3-2 comeback against Chicago on Friday afternoon.