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NHL: Minnesota 5, Nashville 4 (OT)

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Published: Feb. 17, 2008 at 11:19 PM

ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Marian Gaborik took a cross-ice pass from Pavol Demitra and scored with 4.4 seconds left in overtime Sunday, boosting Minnesota to a 5-4 victory over Nashville.

Gaborik's goal was his second of the game, which went into overtime after the Wild gave up a two-goal lead in the third period.

Minnesota, which won for the fourth time in five games, also got goals from Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Petteri Nummelin and Mark Parrish. Goaltender Niklas Backstrom blocked 28 shots.

Ryan Suter, Shea Weber, Martin Erat and Jerred Smithson scored for the Predators.

Topics: Jerred Smithson, Marian Gaborik, Mark Parrish, Martin Erat, Niklas Backstrom, Pavol Demitra, Petteri Nummelin, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Ryan Suter, Shea Weber
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