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The Minnesota Wild will host the Calgary Flames Tuesday night at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul (6:30 pm, AM 1390). The Wild topped the New Jersey Devils 4-0 in their previous game Sunday night at the X. Minnesota checks in with an 8-4-3 record, good for third place in the new Central Division...

The Minnesota Wild scored a pair of first period goals, then held on for a 3-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes Thursday night at Xcel Energy Center. Minnesota improves to 5-3-3 on the season with the win. Minnesota got their first goal at 8:21 of the opening period on the power play when Mikael Granlund found Nino Niederreiter with a brilliant backhand pass that El Nino buried for his second goal

The Minnesota Wild are looking for back-to-back wins when they host the Carolina Hurricanes at Xcel Energy Center Thursday night (6:30 PM, WJON). The Wild shut out Nashville Tuesday night at the X 2-0. Minnesota will be without stud defenseman Jonas Brodin, who suffered a broken cheekbone when he took a puck to the face early in Tuesday's win...

The Wild shut out the Nashville Predators 2-0 Tuesday night at Xcel Energy Center. Justin Fontaine’s second goal of the season with just over a minute remaining in the second period was the eventual game winning goal . Jason Pominville added his fourth of the year with :25 seconds left in regulation...

The Minnesota Wild lost a second straight game Thursday night with a 3-1 setback at Tampa Bay. Minnesota again ran in to a hot goaltender, this time the Lightning's Ben Bishop, who made 25 saves. Tampa Bay scored the fist period's only goal at 14:02 when Tyler Johnson beat Wild goalie Josh Harding on the power play for a 1-0 lead...

The Minnesota Wild saw their modest three game winning streak end with a 4-1 loss at Toronto Tuesday night. Minnesota outshot the Maple Leafs 37-14 but could only beat Leafs goaltender James Reimer once. Toronto scored the game's first two goals in the opening period...

The Minnesota Wild topped the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 Monday night for their third straight win. Former Sabre Jason Pominville scored the game winning goal in his first game back since joining the Wild. Minnesota started the scoring early with a Kyle Brodziak goal about five minutes in to the opening period, with assists credited to Matt Cooke and Jonas Brodin...

It wasn't pretty, but the Minnesota Wild beat the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 Thursday night at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild won by just a goal despite outshooting the Jets 30-15 and winning 45/61 faceoffs. Jonas Brodin scored the Wild's first goal when he deflected a rebound off his glove and past Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec at 7:39 of the first period...

The Anaheim Ducks snuck past the Wild Saturday night with a 4-3 overtime win at Xcel Energy Center. Minnesota lost both games of their season-opening home stand. Anaheim got off to a fast start, with Saku Koivu notching a deflection goal past Niklas Backstrom for a 1-0 Ducks lead at 1:40 of the first period...

The Minnesota Wild and Los Angeles Kings skated to a 2-2 tie after three periods and overtime, but LA came away with a 3-2 victory by winning the shootout 2-0. Matt Cooke started the scoring for Minnesota with a deflection past LA netminder Jonathan Quick at 1:04 of the first period...