Nashville 2 1 1 0-4
Minnesota 3 0 1 1-5
First Period-1, Nashville, Goc 3 (Erat, Sullivan), 7:20. 2, Minnesota, Miettinen 4 (Brunette, Koivu), 10:31. 3, Minnesota, Clutterbuck 5 (Brodziak, Havlat), 14:42. 4, Nashville, Arnott 8 (Dumont, Sullivan), 16:52. 5, Minnesota, Latendresse 4 (Brodziak), 17:28.
Second Period-6, Nashville, Sullivan 6 (Klein, Arnott), 8:27.
Third Period-7, Nashville, Arnott 9 (Dumont, Sullivan), 3:42. 8, Minnesota, Koivu 7 (Brunette, Zidlicky), 13:02 (pp).
Overtime-9, Minnesota, Ebbett 3 (Latendresse, Zanon), 1:26.
Shots on Goal-Nashville 16-8-11-0-35. Minnesota 11-3-10-3-27.
Goalies-Nashville, Rinne. Minnesota, Backstrom. A-18,071 (18,064). T-2:26.