Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Sports News

NHL: Minnesota 8, Nashville 4

|
|
 
  
Published: April 10, 2009 at 11:55 PM

ST. PAUL, Minn., April 10 (UPI) -- Marc-Andre Bergeron led an offensive onslaught with two goals Friday that helped the Minnesota Wild crush Nashville 8-4.

The Predators played what turned out to be their final game of the season. Their slim hopes for a playoff spot were wiped out by the loss, combined with a win by St. Louis over Columbus.

Minnesota, which also missed the playoffs, produced its largest goal total of the season.

The Wild scored four unanswered goals spanning the first and second periods to take a 4-1 lead and held on to win their third game in four tries. Mikko Koivu and Dan Fritsche both had a goal and an assist and Niklas Backstrom got the win despite allowing four goals on 35 shots.

Nashville lost four of its final six games.

Topics: Marc-Andre Bergeron
© 2009 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Super Bowl XLVI ticker tape victory parade N.Y. Giants win Super Bowl XLVI Cheerleaders of 2012
Additional Sports News Stories
1 of 25
Meryl Streep and Colin Firth attend the "BAFTA" ceremony in London
View Caption
fark
Need some extra cash to help pay your mortgage? Turn your house into an ugly ass billboard
74-year-old man conducting survey on penis size unfortunately chooses two undercover cops as subjects...
This is the busiest week of the year for: (a) Hallmark stores. (b) Flower shops. (c) Private investigators...
At 4:00 PM, hundreds of Philadelphians (including the mayor) will attempt to break the Guinness...
China: All the loans we took out to grown our economy at 10% a year are going bad. We are just going...
Regular Facebook updates are not recommended after you flee the country on drug charges