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Derek Grant and Max Comtois scored, and Ryan
Miller made 23 saves for the Ducks, who are winless in
regulation in their past 19 games.
Sturm gave the Wild a 3-2 lead at 7:01 of the second period.
The Wild made a long clearing pass that Miller tried to cover,
but the puck skidded away from him and Sturm was there to put it
in the net.
Spurgeon, who came in with one goal in 29 games this season,
gave the Wild a 1-0 lead at 7:46 of the first period when he
redirected Suter's pass that came from the top of the left
circle.
Grant also scored his second goal of the season 24 seconds
later, taking possession of the puck below the goal line and
scoring between Talbot's pads to make it 1-1.
Spurgeon moved the Wild back ahead 2-1 with a power-play goal
with eight seconds left in the opening period.
Suter took a shot from just inside the blue line and Spurgeon
tipped it past Miller from the high slot for his third goal of
the season.
Minnesota, which came in with the worst power-play efficiency in
the league at 9.3 percent, scored a power-play goal in
consecutive games for the second time this season.
Suter recorded the 600th point of his NHL career with his second
assist.
Comtois evened the score 2-2 when he scored 22 seconds into the
second period.
Isac Lundestrom fed Comtois as he crashed the net and redirected
it past Talbot for his team-leading 10th goal of the season.
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