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Surging Wild turn Thursday's showdown with Stars into a playoff tone-setter
4+ hour, 59+ min ago (802+ words) Carrying a four-game winning streak, the Wild have a chance to catch the Stars in points on Thursday. David Berding / Getty Images DALLAS " A week ago, the Minnesota Wild were at the tail end of a win-one/lose-one rut and…...
Wild propelled to win over Kraken with four unanswered goals
22+ hour, 49+ min ago (139+ words) The Minnesota Wild scored four unanswered goals in a 5-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday. Jesper Wallstedt saved 25 of the 27 shots he faced between the pipes. Minnesota had five different goal scorers paced by Joel Eriksson Ek's three point…...
Wild's Vladimir Tarasenko: Tallies again in win
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (135+ words) CBS Sports Wild's Vladimir Tarasenko: Tallies again in win Tarasenko scored a goal on two shots and added two PIM in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Kraken. Tarasenko has scored in consecutive contests for the third time in his last 11 outings....
Minnesota Wild's milestone night sets stage for pivotal division clash: Takeaways
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (1377+ words) Marcus Johansson scored his 200th career NHL goal in his 1, 054th game. Matt Blewett / Imagn Images ST. PAUL, Minn. " The Minnesota Wild weren't able to pull even in the standings with the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night because their division rival from…...
SEA at MIN | Recap | Minnesota Wild
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (103+ words) Game-changing highlights from the matchup between the Seattle Kraken and the Minnesota Wild SEA@MIN: Eriksson Ek scores empty-net goal Vladimir Tarasenko with a Goal vs. Seattle Kraken SEA@MIN: Foligno scores goal against Joey Daccord Spurge chats with media…...
The Wild's Penalty Kill Shows Improvement But Raises Concerns
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (283+ words) The Minnesota Wild's recent improvements in their penalty kill might be misleading. Despite a top-five power play, their penalty kill is still in the bottom third of the NHL. A recent boost in performance, attributed to trades for Michael Mc…...
An NHL Team With Less Than 20 Regulation Wins Is About To Make The Playoffs, And That's Just Wrong
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (321+ words) With a 3-2-1-0 system, the playoff picture is very different. The NHL's current playoff format has faced a lot of criticism this year, but I think the bigger problem is the point system. Yeah, I'm far from the first person to…...
Wild on 7th - Episode 140: Cargo Shorts, Ham, and Brock Faber | Minnesota Wild
2+ day, 27+ min ago (187+ words) Wild on 7th - Episode 140: Cargo Shorts, Ham, and Brock Faber'NHL. com Wild on 7th - Episode 140: Cargo Shorts, Ham, and Brock Faber Happy Easter Monday to the Wild on 7th faithful! We hope you had a wonderful weekend. Ryan and John are back in…...
Everyone wins as Boldy and Kaprizov battle for Wild goals lead
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (475+ words) Even with their early April surge, the Minnesota Wild woke up Monday with just a 21% chance " per the analytics at Moneypuck. com " of overtaking Dallas for second place in the Central Division, which would mean home ice in round one…...
Did Lack of Overtime Losses Hold The New Jersey Devils Back?
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (427+ words) With their 3-0 Easter Sunday victory over the Montreal Canadiens the New Jersey Devils reached 40 wins on the season. Normally that's enough to propel a team into the playoffs. Yet the Devils are likely to begin their spring early as even…...