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Solid goaltending behind recent success of Wild, Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers are looking to kick off their five-game homestand on the right note when they host the surging Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night.,The Oilers carry some momentum into Tuesday's clash after Stuart Skinner's 26-save shutout in Edmonton's critical 4-0 blanking of the Seattle Kraken on ...
Sabres win in shootout to cool off Wild
Beck Malenstyn and Josh Doan scored in regulation and the visiting Buffalo Sabres won 3-2 in a shootout to end the Minnesota Wild's seven-game winning streak on Saturday night in St. Paul, Minn.,Tage Thompson, Jack Quinn and Noah Ostlund scored in the four-round shootout, and Colten Ellis made 22 sa...
Wild eye eighth straight win in matchup with Sabres
The Minnesota Wild will try for their eighth straight victory when they host the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.,The Wild are also 11-1-1 in their past 13 games, most recently beating the team with the best record in the NHL that was riding a 10-game winning streak.,Minnesota took down the visitin...
Kirill Kaprizov, Matt Boldy help Wild end Avs' 10-game win streak
Matt Boldy scored the decisive goal in the shootout round to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday afternoon in Saint Paul, Minn.,Kirill Kaprizov scored both goals in regulation for Minnesota, which won its seventh game in a row. Mats Zuccarello also scored durin...
Jesper Wallstedt blanks Jets as Wild win 5th straight
Jesper Wallstedt made 32 saves to record his third shutout of the season and fourth in 13 career starts, fueling the visiting Minnesota Wild to a 3-0 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday.,Wallstedt turned aside all 10 shots he faced in the third period to net Minnesota its second straight shutou...
Wild on upward trajectory, put win streak up against Jets
The Minnesota Wild will look to extend a pair of streaks on Sunday afternoon when they visit the Winnipeg Jets.,The Wild recorded a 5-0 romp over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday to mark their season-high fourth straight win and improve to 6-0-1 in their last seven games.,Matt Boldy collected two g...
Matt Boldy scores twice as Wild dominate Penguins
Matt Boldy scored two goals and picked up one assist, and the Minnesota Wild pulled away for a 5-0 win over the host Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night.,Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek each finished with a goal and an assist for Minnesota, which won its fourth game in a row. Marcus Johansson a...
Wild ready to put point streak on line vs. Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins returned home from Sweden this week after splitting the NHL Global Series and will try to cool off Matt Boldy and the visiting Minnesota Wild on Friday night.,Pittsburgh shut out the Nashville Predators 4-0 in Stockholm on Sunday; they lost the opener 2-1 in overtime after gi...
Jesper Wallstedt stands tall as Wild edge Canes in shootout
Jesper Wallstedt made 42 saves in regulation and stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout round to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night in Saint Paul, Minn.,Matt Boldy scored during regulation and scored the lone goal during the shootout round ...
Wild tab young F Danila Yurov for top line vs. Hurricanes
Danila Yurov's opportunity has arrived.,Yurov is slated to join the top line for the Minnesota Wild when they take the ice against the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night in St. Paul, Minn.,The highly touted 21-year-old forward has two goals and one assist in 15 games in his rookie season. The Ru...
Kirill Kaprizov's OT game-winner lifts Wild over Golden Knights
Kirill Kaprizov scored the winning goal with 9.7 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday evening in Saint Paul, Minn.,Mats Zuccarello set up the game-winner and finished with two assists for Minnesota, which won for the fourth tim...
Knights eager to ignite offense vs. defensive-minded Wild
The Vegas Golden Knights feel good about the direction of their offense.,The Minnesota Wild are happy with how they are coming together to play stout defense.,Something will have to give when the Golden Knights face off against the Wild on Sunday evening in St. Paul, Minn. Both teams will play on sh...
Wild's Jesper Wallstedt keeps high-scoring Ducks out of the net
Jesper Wallstedt made 28 saves in his second consecutive shutout and the Minnesota Wild won 2-0 against the visiting Anaheim Ducks on Saturday evening in St. Paul, Minn.,Wallstedt, a first-round pick of the Wild in 2021 who turned 23 on Friday, made 36 saves in a 2-0 win against the Calgary Flames l...
Fast-rising Sharks win 4th straight, edging Wild in overtime
Collin Graf scored the winning goal 2:40 into overtime to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night in St. Paul, Minn.,Macklin Celebrini set up Graf for the overtime goal, which gave San Jose its season-best fourth win in a row. Celebrini finished with two as...
Sharks, fast-rising Macklin Celebrini aim for 4th straight win vs. Wild
After a bumpy start to the season, Macklin Celebrini and the San Jose Sharks have found their rhythm.,The Sharks will go for their fourth consecutive victory when they face off against the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night in Saint Paul, Minn. San Jose defeated the Seattle Kraken, Winnipeg Jets and Fl...
Jesper Wallstedt stops all 36 shots as Wild blank Flames
Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist, Jesper Wallstedt stopped all 36 shots he faced, and the Minnesota Wild posted a 2-0 win over the Calgary Flames on Sunday night in St. Paul, Minn.,Wallstedt stopped 11 shots in the first period, 12 in the second period and 13 in the third period for Minnesota, wh...
Mats Zuccarello makes home season debut as Wild face Flames
Mats Zuccarello is thrilled to be back with the Minnesota Wild.,A lower-body injury prevented Zuccarello from seeing the ice for the start of the 2025-26 campaign. He returned to action this week and will make his home debut this season when the Wild face off against the Calgary Flames on Sunday eve...
Islanders, Wild try to get past come-from ahead losses
The New York Islanders had nearly three full days to ponder what could have been after squandering a trio of one-goal leads against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.,The Minnesota Wild won't have to wait nearly as long to get back on to the ice after a similar experience on Thursday.,The Islanders and W...
After early goal explosion, Hurricanes hold off Wild
Nikolaj Ehlers scored a tiebreaking goal in the first minute of the second period to cap a dizzying stretch and the Carolina Hurricanes held on to defeat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C.,Jackson Blake and Sean Walker both had a goal and an assist and Andrei Svechnikov also s...
Wild allow last-second goal, recover to beat Predators in OT
Marcus Johansson scored the winning goal to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 overtime win over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night in St. Paul, Minn.,Kirill Kaprizov and Zeev Buium also scored for Minnesota, which won back-to-back games for the first time this season. Brock Faber had two assist...