| Nashville 1 0 2_3 | ||||
| Minnesota 1 0 0_1 | ||||
| First Period_1, Minnesota, Heatley 3 (Parise, Stoner), 6:02. 2, Nashville, Spaling 1 (Klein, Yip), 16:31. Penalties_Clune, Nas, major (fighting), 2:18 | Konopka, Min, major (fighting), 2:18 | Spaling, Nas (tripping), 12:16 | Hornqvist, Nas (roughing), 19:55 | Koivu, Min (roughing), 19:55. |
| Second Period_None. Penalties_Powe, Min (interference), 3:43 | Weber, Nas (interference), 4:03 | Falk, Min (interference), 9:19 | Yip, Nas (roughing), 19:17. | |
| Third Period_3, Nashville, Erat 2, 11:45. 4, Nashville, Legwand 1 (Spaling), 19:43 (pp). Penalties_Hornqvist, Nas (goaltender interference), 9:47 | Clutterbuck, Min (hooking), 9:47 | Bouchard, Min (slashing), 19:36. | ||
| Shots on Goal_Nashville 5-10-11_26. Minnesota 12-7-11_30. | ||||
| Power-play opportunities_Nashville 1 of 3 | Minnesota 0 of 3. | |||
| Goalies_Nashville, Mason 1-0-0 (30 shots-29 saves). Minnesota, Backstrom 1-1-0 (26-23). | ||||
| A_17,540 (18,064). T_2:29. | ||||
| Referees_Francis Charron, Chris Lee. Linesmen_Steve Miller, Ryan Galloway. |