Wild Remain Hot, Win 5th Straight

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Minnesota Wild continued their month-long stretch of strong play in Friday night's 3-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.

Charlie Coyle got the Wild a first period lead with his eighth goal of the season. The Hurricanes came back in the second to tie it at 1-1.

The second period goal would be the only one allowed by Minnesota's red-hot goalie, Devan Dubnyk.

In the third period, goals by Mikael Granlund and Zach Parise gave the Wild an insurmountable lead and iced the game.

The Wild have now won 10 of their past twelve games and have gone 16-3 since January 27th.

With the win, Minnesota has a record of 36-22-7 (79 points) which is good for the fifth seed in the Western Conference.