Wild Hands Avalanche Another Defeat

Marian Gaborik’s short-handed goal in the third period helped the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche, 5-3, on Sunday at St. Paul, Minn.

With the Wild killing a four-minute power play, Gaborik took a pass from Wes Walz on a two-on-one break and ended a 3-3 tie to give Minnesota its first post-Olympics victory.

Walz scored twice, and Wild Coach Jacques Lemaire earned his 400th NHL win.

Alex Tanguay had three assists for the Avalanche, which lost at Dallas, 4-1, on Saturday night.

St. Louis 4, Vancouver 1 -- Rookie Jay McClement had three assists at Vancouver, Canada, to lead the Blues to an unlikely season sweep of the Canucks.

Despite trailing Vancouver by 30 points in the Western Conference standings, the last-place Blues went 4-0 against the Canucks, outscoring them 16-4.

Dallas 7, Chicago 2 -- Jason Arnott scored twice, and Jere Lehtinen and Brenden Morrow each had a goal and two assists at Chicago as the Stars extended their unbeaten streak against the Blackhawks to 13.

Edmonton 3, Nashville 2 -- Chris Pronger got the Oilers even in the third period and then won the game with a goal 4:17 into overtime at Edmonton, Canada.