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NHL mourns death of Minnesota reporter, 3 children in house fire
Jessi Pierce, who covered the Minnesota Wild as a correspondent for NHL.com, and her three children were killed in a house fire, the league announced Sunday.,Pierce and her three children, Hudson, Caden and Avery, were found deceased in the wake of a fire at their home in White Bear Lake, Minn., on ...
Vladimir Tarasenko lifts Wild past Stars in OT in Central showdown
Vladimir Tarasenko scored the winning goal 3:06 into overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 2-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Saturday afternoon in Saint Paul, Minn.,Bobby Brink also scored for Minnesota (40-19-12, 92 points), which won in overtime for the second time in its past three games. Brink...
Vladimir Tarasenko lifts Wild past Stars in Central Division showdown
Vladimir Tarasenko scored the winning goal 3:06 into overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 2-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Saturday afternoon in Saint Paul, Minn.,Bobby Brink also scored for Minnesota (40-19-12, 92 points), which won in overtime for the second time in its past three games. Brink...
Stars set sights on another win vs. top division opponent at Wild
The Dallas Stars already knocked off one of the best teams in their division this week.,Now, the Stars will try to go 2-for-2.,Dallas will aim for back-to-back victories when it faces off against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday afternoon in Saint Paul, Minn. The Stars are looking to build upon a 2-1 ...
Blackhawks get revenge with tight victory over Wild
Connor Bedard scored the go-ahead goal, and the Chicago Blackhawks held on for a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Ilya Mikheyev also scored for Chicago, which earned at least one point for the fifth time in its past six games. The Blackhawks rebounded from a 4-3...
Wild, Blackhawks run it back after overtime thriller
After a day off, the Minnesota Wild and Chicago Blackhawks will face each other in a rematch.,The Wild escaped with a 4-3 overtime victory Tuesday night in Chicago. Both teams headed north after the game, and they will face off again Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn., to finish their home-and-home...
Wild deju vu: Minnesota again beats Blackhawks 4-3 beyond regulation
Mats Zuccarello scored at 3:09 of overtime and Marcus Johansson had a goal and two assists as the visiting Minnesota Wild defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Tuesday to stop a three-game losing streak.,Brock Faber earned three assists for the Wild, who ended an 0-2-1 run. Minnesota's Ryan Hartman...
Wild C Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body) out vs. Blackhawks
Minnesota Wild center Joel Eriksson Ek will miss Tuesday's game against the host Chicago Blackhawks with a lower-body injury, coach John Hynes said.,Eriksson Ek, 29, is listed as day-to-day and likely will miss at least three games, per general manager Bill Guerin.,Robby Fabbri will take the Sweden ...
Plagued by early deficits, Wild turn page to meet Blackhawks
A three-game winless streak has done little to compromise the Minnesota Wild's solid playoff positioning.,Still, the locker room knows better than to get complacent as the stretch run nears.,A visit Tuesday to the slumping Chicago Blackhawks offers a chance for Minnesota to snap the skid and move cl...
Bo Groulx breaks out with 2-goal game as Maple Leafs beat Wild
Bo Groulx scored a pair of goals and the Toronto Maple Leafs held on for a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday evening in Saint Paul, Minn.,Morgan Rielly and Matthew Knies scored one goal apiece for Toronto, which improved to 2-0-1 in its past three games after going eight games in a row witho...
Wild entertaining changes ahead of game vs. Leafs
Some changes could be on the way for the Minnesota Wild.,The past week has included only one victory in four games (1-1-2) for Minnesota. The team will try to get back on track Sunday evening when the Wild face off against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Saint Paul, Minn.,Wild coach John Hynes hinted tha...
Rangers back Igor Shesterkin (46 saves), double up Wild
Vladislav Gavrikov scored a goal and dished two assists and the New York Rangers held on for a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Noah Laba, Jaroslav Chmelar and Vincent Trocheck also scored for New York, which won its fourth game in a row. Adam Fox picked up a pa...
Last-place Rangers finding form with Wild on horizon
The New York Rangers have the fewest points of any team in the NHL's Eastern Conference, but they are starting to play better.,New York has won three games in a row and four of its past five. The Rangers will try to keep their hot streak going when they face off against the Minnesota Wild on Saturda...
Rising Flyers trim wild-card deficit, top Wild in shootout
Travis Konecny scored the winning goal in the shootout round to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Emil Andrae and Owen Tippett scored in regulation for Philadelphia, which won for the second time in as many nights and has won six of...
Kirill Kaprizov stepping up as Wild take aim at Flyers
Many teams in the NHL might need to choose between goal scoring from their top stars or from their depth players.,The Minnesota Wild have enjoyed both heading into their game on Thursdayt against the Philadelphia Flyers in Saint Paul, Minn.,"It's nice that some of the guys that we're expecting to sc...
Backed by Wild offense, Filip Gustavsson blanks Mammoth
Bobby Brink scored his first goal as a member of the Minnesota Wild to help his new team cruise to a 5-0 win over the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Kirill Kaprizov notched a goal and an assist, while Matt Boldy, Danila Yurov and Ryan Hartman scored one goal apiece for Minnesota,...
Foligno brothers to take home ice for Wild vs. Mammoth
Nick Foligno is ready to make his home-ice debut for the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night against the Utah Mammoth.,The 38-year-old veteran acknowledged that he might stay with his younger brother and new teammate, 34-year-old Marcus Foligno, while he acclimates to his new team. But don't expect that...
Avalanche edge Wild in shootout for 5th straight win
Nathan MacKinnon beat Jesper Wallstedt in the fourth round of the shootout, and the Colorado Avalanche topped the Minnesota Wild 3-2 in Denver on Sunday.,The Avalanche increased their lead over Minnesota in the Central Division to 10 points with their fifth straight win and second in a row in a shoo...
Wild get strong debut from Michael McCarron, topple Golden Knights
Filip Gustavsson made 29 saves and Michael McCarron had a goal and an assist in his Minnesota debut as the Wild beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Friday in Las Vegas.,Mats Zuccarello, Zach Bogosian and Vladimir Tarasenko also scored goals for Minnesota, which completed a three-game sweep of the r...
Wild acquire Nick Foligno from Blackhawks, Bobby Brink from Flyers
The Minnesota Wild acquired forward Nick Foligno from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for future considerations on Friday.,The elder Foligno, 38, will join his younger brother, Marcus, 34, in Minnesota.,Also on Friday, the Wild landed forward Bobby Brink from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange f...