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Published November 15, 2010, 11:44 AM

Wild snap brief losing streak by beating Tampa Bay

Minnesota Sports
-- John Madden scored the tie-breaking goal and Martin Havlat added three assists as Minnesota downed Tampa Bay, 4-1, at St. Pete Times-Forum.

ST. PETERSBERG, Fla. - John Madden scored the tie-breaking goal and Martin Havlat added three assists as Minnesota downed Tampa Bay, 4-1, at St. Pete Times-Forum.

Cal Clutterbuck, Antti Miettinen and Eric Nystrom also tallied for the Wild, who ended a two-game slide in which they were outscored 7-2.

Niklas Backstrom turned away 37 shots to earn the win for the visitors, who evened their road record at 3-3-1.

Martin St. Louis recorded the only goal for the Lightning, who have lost three straight and six out of seven. Dan Ellis stopped 14 shots in defeat.

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