St Paul, Minnesota: Devan Dubnyk made 23 saves for his third shutout of the season and Ryan Suter had a goal and two assists against his former team, helping the Minnesota Wild beat the Nashville Predators 4-0 on Saturday night.
Mikael Granlund, Jonas Brodin and Thomas Vanek also scored for Minnesota, who had dropped three in a row. Suter notched his first career goal against the team he played for in his first seven NHL seasons.
Pekka Rinne made 23 saves for Nashville, who have been outscored in 8-0 the past two games. The Predators lost at Columbus on Friday night.
A testy game between Central Division foes featured three fights, and a 10-minute misconduct against Nashville’s Mike Ribeiro.
In Dallas, Antti Niemi got his second shutout this season, Jamie Benn scored two third-period goals and Dallas beat Buffalo for their fifth straight win. Niemi made 22 saves to shut down a Sabres team who have only scored four goals in their last four games.
Benn’s first goal was at 7:11 after the Stars failed to score on their first four power plays. He scored again at 9:04, and Tyler Seguin assisted on both goals.
The Stars have won eight of their last nine games and lead the league with 34 points. Buffalo’s Chad Johnson made 29 saves, including 15 in the third period.
