The Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 in overtime Sunday at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild is now 6-4 on the season.

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The Wild bounced back from a 5-1 drubbing on Saturday despite playing without Matt Dumba (knee) and Marcus Foligno (COVID-19).

The Avalanche got on the board first with a Joonas Donskoi goal at 4:33 of the opening period, but Minnesota would respond before the end of the opening period with a Jordan Greenway goal at 16:19.

Greenway's second goal of the season was assisted by Joel Eriksson Ek and Ryan Hartman.

The Wild took a 2-1 lead on Victor Rask's second goal of the season, which came at 1:28 of the second period and was assisted by Ryan Suter and Jared Spurgeon.

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Colorado's Cale Makar would even the score with his first goal of the season just over two minutes later, followed by a Brandon Saad goal at 7:09 of the third period that gave the Avs a 3-2 lead.

However, Rask would strike again for the Wild at 12:34 to tie the game and ultimately send the contest to overtime.

Jonas Brodin was the overtime hero for the Wild Sunday, burying the game-winning goal just :18 into overtime to send Minnesota to the win.

The Wild will now travel to Colorado for two more games with the Avs beginning Tuesday night. Puck drop is set for 8 p.m. on AM 1390 Granite City Sports.

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