Wild 5, Flyers 4, SO

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Game Information

Arena: Wachovia Center Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 17,395 (89.2% full)

Scoring Summary
1ST PERIOD
	5:23	Claude Giroux Assist: Matt Carle
	15:42	Mika Pyorala Assist: Mike Richards
2ND PERIOD
	9:02	Martin Havlat (power play) Assist: Mikko Koivu, Brent Burns
	15:36	Brent Burns Assist: James Sheppard, Mikko Koivu
3RD PERIOD
	1:05	Mike Richards Assist: Simon Gagne, Braydon Coburn
	2:57	Cal Clutterbuck (power play) Assist: Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Kim Johnsson
	15:20	James Sheppard Assist: Brent Burns
	16:56	Daniel Briere Assist: Jeff Carter
OT
No scoring this period
SHOOTOUT
	Daniel Briere shootout attempt against Niklas Backstrom: GOAL.
	Mikko Koivu shootout attempt against Johan Backlund: GOAL.
	Mike Richards shootout attempt against Niklas Backstrom: GOAL.
	Martin Havlat shootout attempt against Johan Backlund: GOAL.
	Simon Gagne shootout attempt against Niklas Backstrom: SAVED.
	Petr Sykora shootout attempt against Johan Backlund: SAVED.
	Jeff Carter shootout attempt against Niklas Backstrom: SAVED.
	Antti Miettinen shootout attempt against Johan Backlund: GOAL.

PHILADELPHIA -- Antti Miettinen scored the deciding goal in a shootout to give the Minnesota Wild a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in the final preseason game for both teams on Tuesday.

Mikko Koivu and Martin Havlat also scored shootout goals for the Wild, which snapped a three game losing streak. Danny Briere and Mike Richards had the shootout goals for the Flyers.

Havlat, Brent Burns, Cal Clutterbuck, and James Sheppard had regulation goals for the Wild. Richards, Briere, Claude Giroux, and Mika Pyorala scored for the Flyers.

Niklas Backstrom had 35 saves for the Wild before stopping Simon Gagne and Jeff Carter in the shootout.

Philadelphia's Ray Emery stopped 10 of 11 shots before being replaced by Johan Backlund late in the second period. He saved 10 of 13.

After Sheppard put the Wild ahead 4-3 on a shot that bounced off Philadelphia's Ryan Parent into the net at 15:20, Briere pulled the Flyers even by scoring from in close at 16:56.

Koivu, who had two assists, and linemate Andrew Brunette made their first appearancers of the preseason after being sidelined with leg injuries. Minnesota right winger Petr Sykora returned after missing three games with an ankle injury.

The Flyers open the regular season at Carolina on Friday. Minnesota opens at Columbus on Saturday.