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Parise scores 1st of season, Wild beat Lightning 5-2

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Zach Parise scored his first goal of the season and the Minnesota Wild beat the suddenly sputtering Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Saturday night.

Jared Spurgeon, Nate Prosser, Marcus Foligno and Jason Zucker also scored for Minnesota, playing its first game after a five-day break. Matt Cullen had an assist for his 700th career point.

Brayden Point scored twice for the NHL-leading Lightning, who lost a season-high third straight.

Playing the first of eight straight road games around next weekend's All-Star Game, the Lightning got 30 saves from Andrei Vasilevskiy.