NHL: Nashville 4, Minnesota 1

NASHVILLE, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- J.P. Dumont scored twice and Dan Ellis made 29 saves Saturday to lead the Nashville Predators past Minnesota 4-1.

Martin Gelinas and Martin Erat also scored for the Predators, who won their third straight game and their sixth out of eight.

Mark Parrish scored and Josh Harding stopped 26 shots for the Wild, who have lost two of their last three.

Gelinas opened the scoring at 6:54 of the first when a clearing attempt by Petteri Nummelin bounced off him and into the Minnesota goal.

Nashville went up 2-0 at 8:03 of the first when a shot by Dan Hamhuis caromed off Dumont into the net. Dumont scored his second goal with 1:50 left in the first off a feed from Alexander Radulov.