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Marcel Hossa scored with 2:40 left in the third period to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 preseason win over the Minnesota Wild on Friday night.
Sheldon Souray and Michael Ryder scored to tie it in the second after Minnesota took a 2-0 lead on power-play goals by Sergei Zholtok and Alexandre Daigle early in the period.
Hossa beat Wild
goalie Manny Fernandez for his second preseason goal 17:20 into the third to
lift Montreal to its second win in eight preseason games (2-4-0-2).
Fernandez made 27 saves for Minnesota (4-5).
Zholtok scored off a cross-ice pass from Pierre-Marc Bouchard 1:47 into the second and Daigle gave the Wild its second goal in two power-play opportunities with a shot over goalie Mathieu Garon's right shoulder at 5:37. Ticketmaster
Minnesota was on its third man-advantage of the game midway through the period when Souray one-timed Niklas Sundstrom's 2-on-1 pass into an open right side for a shorthanded goal at 11:01.
Ryder tied it at 16:33 when he beat goalie Manny Fernandez with a shot from the left faceoff circle. Ticketmaster
The Canadiens, who have lost forwards Saku Koivu and Chad Kilger to injuries, selected Darren Langdon from Vancouver and Steve Begin from Buffalo in Friday's waiver draft. Neither is expected to join the team in time for its final preseason game Saturday in Ottawa.