Minnesota 5, Nashville 3
By Sportradar
| Nashville | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 5 |
First Period_1, Minnesota, Rossi 13 (Brodin, Zuccarello), 7:54. 2, Nashville, Sissons 3 (Skjei, Blankenburg), 11:00. 3, Nashville, Marchessault 14 (Stamkos), 15:14. Penalties_Lauzon, NSH (Fighting), 2:42; Foligno, MIN (Fighting), 2:42; Jones, MIN (Fighting), 2:44; L’Heureux, NSH (Fighting), 2:44; O’Reilly, NSH (Tripping), 12:21; Blankenburg, NSH (Delay of Game), 19:46.
Second Period_4, Minnesota, Zuccarello 8 (Gustavsson, Eriksson Ek), 6:19 (pp). 5, Minnesota, Brodin 4 (Rossi, Foligno), 8:57. 6, Nashville, O’Reilly 9 (Skjei, Nyquist), 12:01. 7, Minnesota, Chisholm 2 (Hartman, Johansson), 17:08 (pp). Penalties_Nashville bench, served by Evangelista (Match Penalty), 3:19; Trenin, MIN (Roughing), 3:19; Skjei, NSH (Interference), 15:43; Zuccarello, MIN (Interference), 18:27.
Third Period_8, Minnesota, Rossi 14 (Eriksson Ek, Faber), 7:07 (pp). Penalties_Josi, NSH (Tripping), 6:39; Merrill, MIN (Roughing), 18:41; Forsberg, NSH (Roughing), 18:41.
Shots on Goal_Nashville 15-12-19_46. Minnesota 16-16-6_38.
Power-play opportunities_Nashville 0 of 1; Minnesota 3 of 6.
Goalies_Nashville, Annunen 8-6-0 (38 shots-33 saves). Minnesota, Gustavsson 17-6-3 (46-43).
A_19,145 (18,064). T_2:38.
Referees_Graedy Hamilton, Frederick L’Ecuyer. Linesmen_Steve Barton, David Brisebois.
