Minnesota Wild

The Wild host the Tampa Bay Lightning Saturday night at Xcel Energy Center. The game can be heard on WJON beginning with the pregame show at 6:45.

Tonight's game can be heard on AM 1240 WJON beginning with the pregame show at 6:45. The puck will drop at 7:00 p.m.

The Minnesota Wild rallied for a 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers Tuesday night at Xcel Energy Center. Minnesota improves to 6-2-1 with the win.

The Wild host Anaheim Saturday evening at 5 p.m. The game can be heard on AM 1240 WJON beginning with the pregame show at 4:45.

Nino Niederreiter scored the Wild's lone goal at 12:55 of the first period to tie the game at one, but the Ducks would retake the lead 3:06 later and add two more goals in the third period to pull away.

The Wild are in Los Angeles Friday night for a 9:30 opening face off. The game can be heard on AM 1390 The Fan with pregame coverage beginning at 9:15.

The Minnesota Wild rallied from a three-goal deficit in the third period to beat the Avalanche 5-4 Thursday night in Denver. The Wild scored four goals in 5:07 of the third period.

Niklas Backstrom was named the first star of the game following his 28-save shutout, and Matt Dumba scored the game-winning goal at 4:12 of overtime, with assists credited to Justin Fontaine and Charlie Coyle.

The Minnesota Wild have re-signed top center Mikael Granlund to a 2-year contract worth $6 million. He'll receive $2.8 Million the first year and $3.2 Million in 2016-2017. Grandlund had 39 points this past season with 8 goals and 31 assists for the Wild.

The Minnesota Wild road tour stopped in St. Cloud today at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. Wild forwards Charlie Coyle and Jason Zucker were joined by Wild TV Analyst Mike Greenlay.