Miller hangs up his mask in Ducks loss

He makes 21 saves in his final NHL game as Anaheim misses the playoffs again.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Victor Rask scored 2:46 into overtime and the Minnesota Wild beat the Ducks 4-3 on Saturday night.

Jared Spurgeon, Ryan Hartman and Nick Bonino also scored and the Wild finished 4-1-2 on a season-high seven-game homestand. Kirill Kaprizov added two assists and Cam Talbot stopped 19 shots.

Minnesota, which began the day a point behind Colorado for second place in the West Division and home-ice advantage for the opening playoff round, is 21-5-2 at Xcel Energy Center this season, including 19-2-2 since Jan. 31.

Rask took a pass from Matt Dumba and hammered a shot past Ryan Miller from the left circle.

Miller concluded his stellar 18-season career by making 21 saves for the Ducks, who finished 17-30-9 and missed the playoffs for the third straight season.

Rickard Rakell, Trevor Zegras and Max Comtois scored, the latter on a slap shot with 25.5 seconds left in regulation.

Kaprizov, the favorite to be named the league’s top rookie, has 24 assists among his team-leading 51 points. He has 11 goals and five assists in his last 12 games.

His second helper of the night was a saucer pass to Hartman for an easy redirect for a 2-1 lead.

Bonino took a feed from Nico Sturm to score less than a minute later.

Anaheim did not score during its lone power play. Its 8.9% success rate this season is the worst in modern-era league history. Tampa Bay had a 9.4% power-play percentage in 1997-98.

Miller from Ducks and Wild players after the game, his 796th and final one. He got a standing ovation following a tribute video in the first period. Miller countered with a wave and stick salute.