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NHL Game Summary - San Jose at Minnesota

St. Paul, MN (SportsNetwork.com) - Zach Parise potted a pair of goals and Josh Harding posted a season-high 37 saves, as the Minnesota Wild edged the San Jose Sharks, 3-1, on Sunday at Xcel Energy Center.

Mikko Koivu also lit the lamp for the Wild, who have won three of their last four games.

Patrick Marleau scored the Sharks' lone goal, while Antti Niemi allowed two goals on 12 shots in the setback, which extended San Jose's losing streak to a season-high three games.

After a scoreless opening frame, the Sharks peppered Harding with 21 shots in the second period, but Minnesota notched the only two goals of the stanza despite managing just six shots.

Parise got the Wild on the board at the 3:55 mark when a long rebound off a left point blast from Marco Scandella ended up between the circles, where Parise backhanded it home for a 1-0 lead.

Minnesota doubled the margin under five minutes later when Koivu was given room to work above the right circle and made his way to the slot before rifling a wrister past the blocker side of Niemi for a 2-0 lead at 8:11.

Marleau made things interesting with his 13th of the season at 18:19, but Parise put home an empty-netter in the closing seconds to account for the final margin.

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