Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild lost 1-0 at home against Dallas Tuesday night. Jamie Benn scored the lone goal in the 3rd period. Mathew Hackett had 24 saves for the Wild and Kari Lehtonen had 25 saves to earn the shutout for Dallas.

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The Minnesota Wild lost 4-3 to Calgary Sunday night to fall to 29-30-10 on the season. Minnesota is in 13th place in the Western Conference standings. Erik Christensen scored twice for the Wild and Devin Setoguchi had 1 goal for Minnesota. The Wild scored all 3 of their goals in the 3rd period but Calgary also had 3 3rd period goals. Matt Hackett had 21 saves for the Wild.

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The Minnesota Wild downed Phoenix 3-2 in an overtime shootout Thursday night. Dany Heatley scored the game-winner in the shootout for Minnesota. Kyle Brodziak and Steve Kampfer each scored a goal for the Wild in regulation and Matt Hackett had 15 saves after replacing Josh Harding. Harding had 24 saves and no goals allowed for the Wild.

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Jamie McGinn scored the first of a four-goal flurry in the second period and Semyon Varlamov stopped 21 shots as the Colorado Avalanche beat the struggling Minnesota Wild 7-1 on Tuesday night.

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The Wild lost 6-0 at Detroit to the Red Wings Friday night. Detroit scored twice in the first period, 2 times in the 2nd and once in the 3rd. Josh Harding had 23 saves but 6 goals allowed and Mathew Hackett replaced and had 6 saves.

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Montreal downed the Minnesota Wild 5-4 in an overtime shootout Thursday night. Matt Kassian scored 2 goals for the Wild, Devin Setoguchi added a goal and an assist but fell on his attempted shootout goal. Dany Heatley added a goal and Nick Johnson had 3 assists for the Wild. Niklas Backstrom left the game early with a knee injury and was replaced by Josh Harding. Harding had 19 saves.

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The Minnesota Wild lost 4-0 at home against the Los Angeles Kings Tuesday night. The Kings scored 3 first period goals. Niklas Backstrom had 11 saves for the Wild. Minnesota outshot Los Angeles 26-15. Minnesota is 28-26-9 and will play at Montreal at 6:00 Thursday night, pregame on AM 1390-the Fan at 5:35.

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The Minnesota Wild traded defenseman Nick Schultz to Edmonton for defenseman and Minnesota native Tom Gilbert. Schultz is the all-time leader in games played for the Wild with 743. He has played in at least 79 games in each of the last 6 seasons for Minnesota including all 62 games this season. Gilbert has 3 goals and 14 assists in 47 games for Edmonton.

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The Minnesota Wild won 4-3 at home against San Jose Sunday night. Matt Cullen and Jed Ortmeyer each scored a goal in the 3rd period to go from down 3-2 to leading 4-3. Ortmeyer's goal was the first of the season for him. Cal Clutterbuck and Nick Schultz also scored a goal for the Wild and Niklas Backstrom had 26 saves for Minnesota. The Wild are 28-25-9 and with 65 points are in 12th place in the Western Conference.

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The Minnesota Wild lost 4-1 at Dallas Friday night. The Stars scored 2 first period goals and 1 in the 2nd to take control of the game. Devin Setoguchi scored the lone Minnesota goal and Niklas Backstrom had 11 saves before he was replaced by Mathew Hackett who had 10 saves.

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