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Miettinen scores in SO to give Wild 5-4 win (AP)

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Minnesota Wild's Petr Sykora(notes),left, and Philadelphia Flyers' Scott Hartnell(notes) (19) fight for puck control during the first period of a preseason NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, in Philadelphia.

Antti Miettinen scored the deciding goal in a shootout to give the Minnesota Wild a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in the final preseason game for both teams on Tuesday. Mikko Koivu and Martin Havlat also scored shootout goals for the Wild, which snapped a three game losing streak. Danny Briere and Mike Richards had the shootout goals for the Flyers.