The Minnesota Wild found themselves on the other side of a blowout Thursday when they topped the Sabres 7-0 in Buffalo. The win pushes the Wild back to even on the season with a record of 19-19-5.
The Minnesota Wild traded for the Arizona Coyotes' backup goalie and learned the fate of defenseman Ryan Suter on Wednesday. Tonight's Wild game at Buffalo can be heard on AM 1240 WJON beginning with the pregame show at 7:30.
The Minnesota Wild's slump has officially become a skid after a lopsided 7-2 loss at Pittsburgh Tuesday night. The Wild fall below .500 with the loss (18-19-5), which was its sixth straight and 12th in 14 games.
Matt Cooke scored the Wild’s lone goal at 15:08 of the third period, his third of the season. The Wild outshot Chicago 37-35 in the loss.
The Wild are now seven points out of a playoff spot with 41 games remaining in the season.
The Minnesota Wild lost 4-2 at home against Chicago Thursday night. Chicago scored 2 first period goals before Jason Zucker scored in the 2nd period. Bryan Bickel scored twice in the 3rd period for Chicago including an empty net goal.
The Wild erased a 2-0, second period deficit with a trio of goals from Ryan Carter, Justin Fontaine and Marco Scandella. Scandella's game winner was his ninth goal of the season, fifth-best among all NHL defensemen.
The Wild out-shot the Bruins 37-27 in the game, including 20-5 in the second period, but could not score in the second frame despite the lopsided total.