The St. Louis Blues beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 Sunday night at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild remain two points ahead of Colorado in the wild card standings despite the loss.
The Minnesota Wild (31-25-10) scored a 3-2 shootout victory against the Buffalo Sabres (26-32-8) this afternoon in New York. The win is Minnesota's fourth straight -- and their first shootout victory of the year.
The Minnesota Wild (29-25-10) took back the Wild Card spot they gave up over a month ago with a 6-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche (32-29-4) last night at the Xcel Energy Center. Charlie Coyle and Nino Niederreiter both scored twice for the Wild.
Dmitry Orlov scored with 5:04 remaining after Alex Ovechkin got a tying goal to help the Washington Capitals rally for a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild.
The Minnesota Wild (27-22-10) won their fourth consecutive game since John Torchetti was named interim coach, dropping the division-leading Chicago Blackhawks (39-19-5) 6-1 this afternoon outdoors at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis as part of the 2016 NHL Stadium Series in front of more than 50,000 fans.
Yesterday at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis more than 37,000 fans were treated to a trip back in time -- as alumni from the Minnesota North Stars & Minnesota Wild faced alumni from the Chicago Blackhawks. The good guys one 6-4, and fun was had by all.
The Wild host the Blackhawks Sunday afternoon at TCF Bank Stadium as part of the NHL's "Stadium Series." The game can be heard on AM 1390 The Fan, with pregame coverage beginning at 2:15 p.m..
No one has ever accused Minnesota Wild defenseman Matt Dumba of not using his head on the ice, but last night he went a little too far -- when Calgary Flames forward David Jones dumped a shot off Dumba's face, redirecting the puck past Minnesota goalie Devan Dubnyk for a Calgary goal.