Marcus Johansson scored the winning goal to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 overtime win over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night in St. Paul, Minn.

Kirill Kaprizov and Zeev Buium also scored for Minnesota, which won back-to-back games for the first time this season. Brock Faber had two assists and blocked a team-high six shots.

Matthew Wood and Steven Stamkos scored for Nashville, which earned one point in the standings with a last-second goal that sent the game to overtime.

Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson stopped 32 shots to improve to 4-6-1 on the season.

Predators goaltender Justus Annunen turned aside 22 shots.

Johansson was credited with the goal that helped the Wild avoid a late collapse. He stood at the left side of the crease and shot toward a wide-open net immediately

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