(MENAFN- Kora) Up against the joint-leaders of their division minnesota showed they will be a force to be reckoned with in the nhl play-offs.
Rookie goaltender john curry made 43 saves on debut to set up the wild's victory while brodziak scored twice with nino niederreiter registering a goal and an assist as minnesota defeated st louis for the first time in 10 games.
Niederreiter scored the opening goal in the first period and the blues equalised through kevin shattenkirk in the 12th minute of the middle stanza.
Brodziak put the home side ahead less than two minutes later before jaden schwartz pulled st louis level again.
But with just two minutes 30 seconds left in the second period matt moulson gave minnesota the lead for the third time and this time they held on to it with brodziak's second goal in the opening minute of the final stanza securing victory.
The win took minnesota to 98 points in the western conference's central division - secure in the play-offs but still nine points behind the third-placed chicago blackhawks.
St louis suffered their fourth defeat in a row and remain second in the central standings on 111 only behind leaders the colorado avalanche on head-to-head record.
Colorado trumped the vancouver canucks 4-2.
Nashville dealt the phoenix coyotes a blow in their bid to make the play-offs with the predators winning 2-0 in tennessee.
Craig smith and patric hornqvist scored the goals for nashville as phoenix stalled on 87 points in the west's pacific division.
Phoenix and the dallas stars are battling for the final play-off spot in the western conference and the latter remain in the box seat with 89 points.
The new york rangers handed the buffalo sabres their fifth consecutive loss winning 2-1 while the washington capitals thrashed the carolina hurricanes 5-2 and the new york islanders shutout the montreal canadiens 2-0.
In other results the winnipeg jets stunned the boston bruins 2-1 after a shootout the los angeles kings blanked the edmonton oilers 3-0 the florida panthers defeated the toronto maple leafs 4-2 and the ottawa senators needed a shootout to edge the new jersey devils 2-1.
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