Wild lose in shootout to Calgary
Minnesota Sports-- Rene Bourque scored the game-winner on the final attempt of the third round of the shootout to lift Calgary to a 3-2 win over Minnesota at Xcel Energy Center.
St. Paul, MN (Sports Network) - Rene Bourque scored the game-winner on the final attempt of the third round of the shootout to lift Calgary to a 3-2 win over Minnesota at Xcel Energy Center.
After Patrick O'Sullivan went top shelf short side to beat Henrik Karlsson to keep the Wild alive, Bourque wristed a shot between the pads of Niklas Backstrom to win the game.
Mark Giordano and Alex Tanguay potted goals in regulation for the Flames, who beat the Wild for a second time in five days.
Karlsson stopped 20 shots to earn the second win of his young career.
Martin Havlat had a goal and an assist for the Wild, who have dropped four in a row and six out of their last seven. Backstrom took the loss after turning away 30 shots.
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