Minnesota Wild

The number crunchers at the Washington Post say that Minnesota's professional sports teams have performed worse as a group than any other American city's teams. Any guess which city came out on top?

The Minnesota Wild had weathered the fierce storm presented by the St. Louis Blues, leaving themselves within striking distance, down 2-1 in the 3rd period before the Blues added a late goal and an empty-netter for a 4-1 win -- evening the best-of-seven series at a game a piece.

The Minnesota Wild meet the St. Louis Blues in Game 2 of their best-of-seven series this afternoon in the Scotttrade Center. The Wild will be looking to take a 2-0 series lead after Thursday's 4-2 victory -- the first series-opener win on the road in team history.

The Minnesota Wild essentially eliminated home ice advantage for the Blues by winning Game 1 of the best-of-seven series 4-2 last night in St. Louis. Wild goals came from Jason Zucker, Matt Dumba, Mikael Granlund and Jason Pominville. Devan Dubnyk made 19 saves.

The Minnesota Wild (46-28-8, 100 points) face off against the St. Louis Blues (51-24-7, 109 points) tonight in Game 1 of their opening round best-of-five NHL Stanley Cup Playoff series. As the higher seed, the Blues have home ice advantage, setting Games 1 & 2 in St. Louis.

The Minnesota Wild (46-28-8) will face the St. Louis Blues (51-24-7) if the first found best-of-5 series in the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. St. Louis finished in first place in the Central Division. The Wild earned the top Wild Card spot in the Western Conference.

The Minnesota Wild (46-27-8) face the St. Louis Blues (50-24-7) this afternoon in the regular season finale for both teams -- with little on the line other than helping determine who each team will face in the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Minnesota Wild (46-27-8) beat the Nashville Predators (47-24-10) 4-2 last night in Tennessee for Minnesota's 12th straight road win -- tying the all-time NHL record for consecutive road wins.

The Minnesota Wild (45-27-8) clinched a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 2-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks (48-26-6) last night in the Windy City. It was Minnesota's team record 11th straight road win.

The Minnesota Wild (44-27-8) have hit a bit of a skid, falling to the Winnipeg Jets (41-26-12) 2-0 last night in the final regular season game at the Xcel Energy Center of their third straight loss. The Wild close out the regular season with three road games this week...

Monday night the Wild host the Jets at Xcel Energy Center (7 PM, WJON) in the last regular season home game for Minnesota of the season. The Wild can clinch a playoff spot with a win and Los Angeles loss. A regulation loss would cut the Jets' deficit to just two points. The Kings are at Vancouver Monday.

The Minnesota Wild (44-26-8) lost to the visiting Detroit Red Wings (41-24-13) 3-2 in an eight-round shootout last night at the Xcel Energy Center, picking up the loser point. The Wild have earned points in eight of their last ten games.