Backstrom stops 48 shots and Wild blank Bruins 2-0
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Matt Cullen and Chad Rau each scored a goal and Niklas Backstrom made a career-high 48 saves for his fourth shutout of the season to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 2-0 win over the Boston Bruins on Sunday.
The Wild won for only the second time in February — their previous victory came Feb. 2 at Colorado. Minnesota went winless in its next seven games, scoring only nine goals during that span.
Tim Thomas made 27 saves for the Bruins, who have lost six of 10.
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Earlier in the day, Rau was called up from Minnesota's AHL affiliate in Houston to fill in for Warren Peters, who received a one-game suspension for cross-checking David Backes in St. Louis on Saturday night.
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