Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild earned a 3-2 win over the Calgary Flames in overtime Wednesday night. Minnesota now trails San Jose and Los Angeles by just one point for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

The Wild will look to shake off Monday's loss in Vancouver when they head to Calgary for a pivotal matchup with the Flames Wednesday. The Canucks topped Minnesota 3-2 Monday to snap the Wild's ten game streak of games in which they earned at least one point.

The Wild was 5-5 on the penalty kill, including a kill with just over one minute left in regulation, which turned into a six-on-four after Florida pulled its goalie. Minnesota only had two chances on the power play but scored on one of them.

The Wild's six game winning streak was snapped with a 2-1 overtime loss to the Jets in Winnipeg Tuesday night. Minnesota still earned a point with the loss, and now trail the Canucks by two points in the Western Conference playoff race.

The Minnesota Wild swept their three game Canadian road trip, which ended with a 4-2 win over the Canucks in Vancouver Sunday. The Wild earned all six possible points on the trip and remain five points behind Calgary for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Zach Parise scored the game's only goal in the first period, assisted by Thomas Vanek, and Devan Dubnyk made 30 saves to earn the shutout. It was Dubnyk's second shutout since joining the Wild and 11th of his career.

With a win tonight, the Wild would be just five points out of a playoff spot. With a loss they would be out by nine. With a few teams to jump in the standings it's still a bit of a longshot for Minnesota to make the playoffs, but a win Thursday would certainly give them a big confidence boost.

It wasn't as decisive as previous wins over bad teams such as Arizona and Buffalo, but the Minnesota Wild topped the lowly Oilers 2-1 Tuesday night in Edmonton.

The Minnesota Wild stormed back from a three goal, third period deficit to tie the Red Wings in Detroit Tuesday night before falling in a shootout. It was the last game for the Wild before the All Star Break until its next game in Edmonton on January 27th.

Neither team scored in the second period, in which the Wild outshot Columbus 12-9. Parise had a chance to give Minnesota a 2-1 lead on a penalty shot in the second, but saw the puck roll off his tape and trickle wide of the goal.