Wild Win At Columbus 4-2

The Minnesota Wild won 4-2 at Columbus Tuesday night to increase their lead in the Northwest Division.  The Wild fell behind 2-0 after 1 period but scored 2 goals in the 2nd period and added 2 more in the 3rd.  Matt Cullen, Nick Johnson, Cal Clutterbuck and Devin Setoguchi each scored a goal for Minnesota.  Niklas Backstrom had 43 saves for the Wild.

Minnesota is 10-5-3 and with 23 points is 3 points ahead of Edmonton for first place in the Northwest Division.  The Wild will host Colorado at 7pm Thursday night, pregame on WJON at 6:35.