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also scored for Minnesota, which entered play five points behind Colorado for eighth in the Western Conference. The Wild are in 10th place and would have been eliminated from the post-season with a loss.surrendered three first-period goals in his first start of the season and fifth of his career. Comrie finished with 23 saves.
The Jets have lost four of five to slip into a tie with Nashville for the lead in the Central Division. The Predators won 3-2 in Buffalo on Tuesday night. Winnipeg and Nashville each have two games remaining. Parise, who leads Minnesota with 28 goals, missed four games with a lower-body injury, and the Wild lost three times.collected a loose puck behind the Jets' goal and centred to Parise in front. Parise got a stick on the puck while tied up with a defenceman and it went flying high into the air. Comrie lost track of the shot and it fell off his back and into the goal.
Another fortunate bounce went Parise's way three minutes later when the puck slid toward the Winnipeg goal after he tipped it in from the blue line.. The puck slid to a streaking Parise, who beat Comrie at 12:16. Rask scored from a wide angle with another deflection off Comrie's back before the first intermission. Eriksson Ek made it 4-0 midway through the second with his seventh goal of the season.NOTES: Winnipeg forwardleft with an upper-body injury. Tanev has played in all 80 games this season and has 14 goals and 15 assists. ... Parise had first multigoal game of the season. ... Minnesota won each of its five meetings with Winnipeg this season.
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