'Canes resume swing in Minnesota

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12/23/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Carolina Hurricanes continue their four-game road trip with a stop in Minnesota, where they will take on the Wild tonight at Xcel Energy Center.

Carolina began the swing with a loss in Boston on Saturday and then allowed Montreal to net the game-tying goal the following night with 6:52 remaining in the third period.

However, Tuomo Ruutu made sure that the Hurricanes left town with two points, as he completed a wrap-around attempt in overtime by poking the puck past Carey Price 1:43 into the extra frame for a 3-2 victory.

Eric Staal posted a goal and two helpers while Sergei Samsonov added a goal and one assist for the Hurricanes, who have won three of their last four. They also snapped a three-game winless streak on the road (0-1-2) and improved to 7-5-4 overall this year as the visiting team.

Cam Ward made 26 stops for his 11th win of the season and helped pull Carolina to within six points of first-place Washington in the Southeast Division. Ward is 1-0-0 in two career starts versus the Wild despite allowing five goals on 36 total shots faced.

The Hurricanes wrap their road trip in Atlanta on Friday.

Carolina takes on a Minnesota team tonight that is just 2-7-1 in December. The Wild are coming off their seventh loss in the past eight games, a 4-2 setback in St. Louis on Saturday.

Nick Schultz and Pierre-Marc Bouchard had the goals for Minnesota, with Andrew Brunette, Mikko Koivu and Antti Miettinen adding assists. It was Koivu's team- leading 22nd assist and 33rd point of the season. He is also tops on the club with 11 goals.

Niklas Backstrom gave up three goals on 23 shots in defeat. He has made just one career start versus Carolina, stopping 22-of-26 shots faced for the win.

On the injury front, Marc-Andre Bergeron is battling a lower-body injury and is questionable for tonight, as is Eric Belanger due to illness.

Minnesota is 9-6-2 as the host team this year.

The Hurricanes are 4-2 with a tie in eight all-time meetings with the Wild, going 1-2 with a tie in Minnesota.

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