The Minnesota Wild defeated Columbus 3-2 in an overtime shootout Saturday night. Minnesota took a
2-1 lead in the 3rd period on a goal from Eric Reitz. Benoit Pouliot scored the first goal for the Wild. Minnesota won 2-0 in the shootout with goals from Marek Zidlicky and Antti Miettinen. Niklas Backstrom had 24 saves and Minnesota outshot Columbus 30-26. Minnesota was 1-3 on the power play. The Wild improve to 10-4-1 on the season and will play at Pittsburgh Tuesday at 6pm, pregame on AM 1390-the Fan at 5:35.