The Minnesota Wild have acquired center Victor Rask from the Carolina Hurricanes for left wing Nino Niederreiter, in a swap of underperforming but still-young players on long-term contracts.
The Minnesota Wild lost to the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs in St. Paul on Saturday night. Despite outshooting Toronto in all three periods, for a total of 41-23, the Wild were unable to lock up a win.
The Minnesota Wild lost 3-1 at Chicago Sunday. The Blackhawks scored 2 first period goals and Minnesota scored their only goal on a power play from Zach Parise in the 2nd period. Alex Stalock got the start on net for the Wild and he had 25 saves.