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RALEIGH, N.C. — Filip Gustavsson made 20 saves for his third shutout this season, Marco Rossi had four assists and the Minnesota Wild beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-0 on Saturday night. The Wild improved to 16-5-2 when scoring first this season as Mats Zuccarello beat Pyotr Kochetkov on a slap shot for a 1-0 lead with 6:57 left in the first period. Zuccarello, who also assisted on Joel Eriksson Ek's tip-in goal on the power play in the second period, added an empty net goal with 3:46 remaining. Matt Boldy also scored in the third. The short-handed Wild won their third consecutive game despite missing leading scorer Kirill Kaprizov and captain Jared Spurgeon.
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