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Minnesota Wild 2, Detroit Red Wings 2 FINAL OT
Associated Press

DETROIT (AP) -- The Minnesota Wild can thank Dwayne Roloson for extending their unbeaten streak to seven games.

Roloson stopped 38 shots in a 2-2 tie against the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night, and the Wild got goals from Marian Gaborik and Wes Walz to improve to 4-0-3 during the run.

"Our goalie was really good, especially in the third period," Minnesota coach Jacques Lemaire said. "He had some big saves to make."

Henrik Zetterberg and Kris Draper scored for Detroit, and Curtis Joseph made 22 saves.

Walz broke a 1-all tie at 6:55 of the third period when he tipped in Willie Mitchell's pass from the left point. But Draper tied it just 28 seconds later, when he scored from the bottom of the left circle after stealing the puck from Mitchell.

Zetterberg was credited with the goal that tied it 1-1 for Detroit 2:06 into the third period. His pass from along the boards was accidentally tipped past Roloson by the Wild's Sergei Zholtok, who was in the high slot.

"We played a great game," Roloson said. "Unfortunately, those breaks happen in a game. ... Sometimes a bad bounce happens."

The Red Wings outshot the Wild 19-6 in the third period and 40-24 for the game.

"We outshot them. We had a lot of opportunities as well," Draper said. "Both goaltenders played well. We knew what it was going to be like tonight. We had to work hard for everything we got."

One of Roloson's best saves came off Ray Whitney with 2:13 left in regulation. Whitney one-timed a shot from the top of the left circle that Roloson grabbed with his glove.

Gaborik broke a scoreless tie with just 14.7 seconds remaining in the second period with a breakaway goal.

After taking a pass from Pascal Dupuis, Gaborik fended off Nicklas Lidstrom and squeezed a shot through Joseph's pads.

"I didn't think we played good enough the first two periods," Zetterberg said. "But in the last period, we played better. If we'd played that way the first two periods, we might have gotten two points."

Joseph stopped Walz on a short-handed breakaway about eight minutes into the second period.

"At home I think you want more than one point," Joseph said. "But we were down 2-1, we tied it up real quick and we had some chances, no question."


Three star selections
1st:   HENRIK ZETTERBERG
2nd:   MARIAN GABORIK
3rd:   KRIS DRAPER
Winning Goaltender
Curtis Joseph

Losing Goaltender
Dwayne Roloson

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WESTERN CONFERENCE
  TEAM GP W L OT GF GA PTS
1 p - CHI 48 36 7 5 155 102 77
2 y - ANA 48 30 12 6 140 118 66
3 y - VAN 48 26 15 7 127 121 59
4 x - STL 48 29 17 2 129 115 60
5 x - LAK 48 27 16 5 133 118 59
6 x - SJS 48 25 16 7 124 116 57
7 x - DET 48 24 16 8 124 115 56
8 x - MIN 48 26 19 3 122 127 55
9 CBJ 48 24 17 7 120 119 55
10 PHX 48 21 18 9 125 131 51
11 DAL 48 22 22 4 130 142 48
12 EDM 48 19 22 7 125 134 45
13 CGY 48 19 25 4 128 160 42
14 NSH 48 16 23 9 111 139 41
15 COL 48 16 25 7 116 152 39

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